Thomas Rice Edward Holmes,FBA (24 May 1855 – 4 August 1933), who usually published his works under the namesT. Rice Holmes orT.R.E. Holmes, was a scholar best known for his extensive and "fundamental"[1] work onJulius Caesar and hisGallic War commentaries.
Holmes was born at Moycashel (todayCastletown-Geoghegan),Ireland. He was the fifth son of Robert Holmes, alanded proprietor and a descendant ofJohn Arbuthnot, a friend ofAlexander Pope andJonathan Swift.
Holmes was educated atMerchant Taylors' School[2] andChrist Church, Oxford. He was assistant master atLincoln Grammar School (1878–80),Blackheath Proprietary School (1880–85), andSt. Paul's School (beginning in 1886). In 1888, he married Isabel Isaacs, the daughter of Lionel Isaacs ofMandeville, Jamaica. They lived at 11 Douro Place,Kensington.
In addition to his books, Holmes published a number of articles in theEnglish Historical Review,Classical Quarterly, and other journals. He died at age 78 inRoehampton,London.
Holmes wrote several articles, and Bill Thayer has documented "a flurry of argument and counter-argument" among Holmes and other scholars on the identity of thePortus Itius named by Caesar.[5] These appear atLacusCurtius inhypertext editions:
Holmes' "The Battle-field of Old Pharsalus,"Classical Quarterly 2 (1908) 271–292 is also republished at LacusCurtius.[10]
