Walter Eustace Rhodes Explained

Walter Rhodes
Birth Name:	Walter Eustace Rhodes
Birth Date:	1872
Death Cause:	Killed in action
Nationality:	English
Occupation:	Historian Embed: yes Branch: British Army Rank: Private Servicenumber: 79174 Unit: Devonshire Regiment

Walter Eustace Rhodes (1872 – 13 July 1918) was an English historian, translator, librarian and soldier.^[1]

Rhodes was the son of John and Ellen Rhodes, of Cheetham, Manchester.^[2] From 1895 until his resignation in 1903 he was the librarian of Owens College Library.^[3]

During the First World War he served as a private in the Devonshire Regiment. He was killed on 13 July 1918 and is memorialised on the war memorial of the University of Manchester.^[4]

Works

Rhodes made several contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography. He also had material published by the Chetham Society

• The Apostolical Life of Ambrose Barlow, (ed.) (1909) Manchester: Chetham Society
• Chetham miscellanies, (1909) Manchester: Chetham Society

Also:

• "The Italian bankers in England and their loans to Edward I and Edward II" in Historical essays by members of the Owens college, Manchester (1901) p. 137-168

Notes and References

1. Book: Historical Essays . 1871 . Manchester University Press . Manchester . en.
2. Web site: Morley . James . Private Walter Eustace Rhodes Devonshire Regiment. Died Saturday 13 July 1918 . A Street Near You . James MorleyASNY . 9 January 2020 . en.
3. Charlton, H. B. (1951). Portrait of a University. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 140
4. Web site: War Memorials Register, Imperial War Museums . www.iwm.org.uk . Imperial War Museums . 9 January 2020.