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British historian and school teacher (1913–1989

David James Cathcart KingFSA
Born1913
Coombe Dingle, Bristol, England
Died29 September 1989(1989-09-29) (aged 75–76)
Bristol, England
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsCambrian Archaeological Association
Notable worksCastellarium Anglicanum
Military career
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Royal Artillery
Battles / warsSecond World War

David James Cathcart King FSA (1913 – 29 September 1989) was a British historian, archaeologist, and school-teacher. While working as a teacher he perused his research in his free time, becoming "one of the leading authorities on the medieval castle". King was also president of the Cambrian Archaeological Association in 1976–77. A festschrift dedicated to King was published in 1987, titled Castles in Wales and the Marches.

Education

King went to school at Clifton College in Bristol and studied law at the University of Bristol. He was the first student to complete a Master of Laws at the University of Bristol.

Career

During the Second World War, King served in the Royal Artillery in the Middle East. His time there encouraged his interest in military architecture, and he went on to write papers about Krak des Chevaliers and the Citadel of Damascus in Syria.

After the war, King worked at Walton Lodge Preparatory School in Bristol as a history teacher. He was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1962.

He was a founding member of the Castle Studies Group, which was established in 1987.

Selected publications

Scholia has an author profile for D. J. Cathcart King.
  • King, D. J. C.; Alcock, Leslie (1969). "Ringworks of England and Wales". Château Gaillard. Études de castellologie médiévale. 3: 90–127.
  • King, D. J. C. (1983). Castellarium Anglicanum: an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales, and the islands (two volumes). Kraus International Publications. ISBN 0-527-50110-7.
  • King, D. J. C. (1988). The Castle in England and Wales: an Interpretative History. Croom Helm. ISBN 0-7099-4829-8.

References

  1. ^ "Proceedings and Obituaries". The Antiquaries Journal. 70 (2): 521. September 1990. doi:10.1017/S0003581500071122. S2CID 246047798.
  2. Thompson, Michael (1988). "The Castle in England and Wales. An Interpretative History. By D. J. Cathcart King. 24 × 16 cm. Pp. 209, 25 figs., 9 pls. London and Sydney: Croom Helm. ISBN 0-7099-4829-8. £25·00". The Antiquaries Journal. 68 (2): 370. doi:10.1017/S0003581500070049. ISSN 0003-5815. S2CID 162477238.
  3. Kenyon, John R. "David James Cathcart King". Archaeologia Cambrensis. 138: 118.
  4. Kenyon, John R.; Avent, Richard, eds. (1987). Castles in Wales and the Marches : essays in honour of D.J. Cathcart King. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-585-22751-9.
  5. ^ "Papers of D.J. Cathcart King - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. King, D. J. Cathcart (June 1949). "The taking of Le Krak des Chevaliers in 1271". Antiquity. 23 (90): 83–92. doi:10.1017/S0003598X0002007X. S2CID 164061795.
  7. King, D. J. Cathcart (1951). "The Defences of the Citadel of Damascus; a Great Mohammedan Fortress of the Time of the Crusades". Archaeologia. 94: 57–96. doi:10.1017/S0261340900007219.
  8. "News" (PDF). Castle Studies Group Newsletter. 1. 1987.

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