John Reginald Homer Weaver (28 January 1882 – 22 March 1965) was a British historian and academic.

Life

John Reginald Homer Weaver was born on 28 January 1882 and educated at Felsted School

Felsted School

Felsted School, an English co-educational day and boarding independent school, situated in Felsted, Essex. It is in the British Public School tradition, and was founded in 1564 by Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich who, as Lord Chancellor and Chancellor of the Court of Augmentations, acquired...

 in Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. He matriculated

Matriculation

Matriculation, in the broadest sense, means to be registered or added to a list, from the Latin matricula – little list. In Scottish heraldry, for instance, a matriculation is a registration of armorial bearings...

 at the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

 in 1905, as a member of Keble College

Keble College, Oxford

Keble College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to the south by Museum Road, and to the west by Blackhall...

, and obtained a first-class degree in history in 1909. During his time at the college, he was president of the Junior Common Room and the college debating society. He was Professor of History at Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin

Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...

 from 1911 to 1913, and then was a Fellow and Tutor at Trinity College, Oxford

Trinity College, Oxford

The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...

 from 1914 to 1938 (serving in the War Trade Intelligence Department between 1915 and 1919 during the First World War). In 1938, he was appointed President of Trinity College, Oxford, a post that he held until 1954. He died on 22 March 1965.

He was editor of the Dictionary of National Biography

Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published from 1885...

 (DNB) between 1928 and 1937. He was made an Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin and Keble College. His writings included a memoir of Henry William Carless Davis

Henry William Carless Davis

Henry William Carless Davis, CBE, FBA was a British historian, editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, and Oxford Regius Professor of Modern History.-Early career:...

, the historian and DNB editor and an edition of The Chronicle of John of Worcester

John of Worcester

John of Worcester was an English monk and chronicler. He is usually held to be the author of the Chronicon ex chronicis.-Chronicon ex chronicis:...

, 1118-1140: being the continuation of the 'Chronicon ex chronicis' of Florence of Worcester (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908).