William Henry Boulton (author)
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W. H. Boulton (1869–1964) was an English writer on assyriology
Assyriology
Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing. The field covers the Akkadian sister-cultures of Assyria and Babylonia, together with their cultural predecessor; Sumer...
, transport history and religious subjects.
William Henry Boulton was born on 11 April 1869 in Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell
Clerkenwell is an area of central London in the London Borough of Islington. From 1900 to 1965 it was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. The well after which it was named was rediscovered in 1924. The watchmaking and watch repairing trades were once of great importance...
, Middlesex, to Joseph Boulton, a brass founder and Ann Maria Elwood. He married Charlotte Harding in September 1891 in Hackney, Middlesex. They settled in Ilford
Ilford
Ilford is a large cosmopolitan town in East London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Redbridge. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. It forms a significant commercial and retail...
and had 5 children. Following the death of his first wife he remarried, to Alice Westmoreland on 14 May 1921 at West Ham, Essex. W.H. Boulton died on 27 November 1964 in Birmingham at the age of 95 years.
For most of his life W.H. Boulton was employed as an auditor. His interest in assyriology was that of a gifted amateur. He became a regular author for Sampson Low, Marston & Co Ltd. on the Ancient Near East
Ancient Near East
The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia , ancient Egypt, ancient Iran The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia...
. A secondary interest was transport; on this subject his major work was The pageant of transport through the ages (1931).
W.H. Boulton was also active in the Christadelphian church, and, along with Henry Sulley
Henry Sulley
Henry Sulley was an English architect and writer on the temples of Jerusalem.Sulley was born to English parents in Brooklyn, Long Island, USA, January 30, 1845, but relocated back to Nottingham when still young....
, was a frequent contributor of archaeology
Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
articles in The Christadelphian
The Christadelphian
The Christadelphian is a Bible magazine published monthly by The Christadelphian Magazine and Publishing Association . It states that it is 'A magazine dedicated wholly to the hope of Israel' and, according to the magazine website, it 'reflects the teachings, beliefs and activities of the...
magazine during the editorship of C.C. Walker
Charles Curwen Walker
Charles Curwen Walker was a Christadelphian writer and editor of The Christadelphian Magazine from 1898 to 1937.-Life:C. C. Walker was born near Diss, Depwade Rural District, Norfolk on February 18, 1856, son of a landowner. His middle name "Curwen" indicates his descent from the aristocratic...
. Following Boulton's retirement he relocated from London to Birmingham and assisted Walker's successor as editor John Carter
John Carter (Christadelphian)
John Carter was editor of The Christadelphian from 1937 to 1962.Carter was the third editor of the Christadelphian after the founding editor Robert Roberts and his successor Charles Curwen Walker...
.
His son, A. H. Boulton (1904–1981), was a regular contributor to The Testimony
The Testimony
The Testimony is a Bible magazine published monthly by the Christadelphians .-History:The Testimony was established in 1931 as 'a magazine for the study and defence of the Holy Scripture' and that, according to the magazine's website, remains its aim today...
magazine.
Works
Historical:- 1924 Babylon, Assyria and Israel, their history as recorded in the Bible and cuneiform inscriptions. Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1924. 181pp.
- 1930 The romance of archaeology. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
- 1931 The romance of the British Museum. With a foreword by Sir Frederic G. KenyonFrederic G. KenyonSir Frederic George Kenyon GBE KCB TD FBA FSA was a British paleographer and biblical and classical scholar. He occupied from 1889 to 1931 a series of posts at the British Museum...
. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London. - 1933 Assyria. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
- 1933 Babylonia. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
- 1933 Elam, Media, and Persia. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
Transport:
- 1931 The pageant of transport through the ages. With a foreword by Sir Josiah StampJosiah Stamp, 1st Baron StampJosiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, Bt, GCB, GBE, FBA, was a British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician, writer, and banker. He was a director of the Bank of England and chairman of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.Josiah was born in London, the third of seven...
. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. - The Splendid Book of Railways (children's book). Sampson Low, Marston & Co
- 1950 The Railways of Britain - Their History, Construction and Working. Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
Religious:
- 1917 The Apocalypse and History. With W.H. Barker.
- before 1923 The Names and Titles of the Deity.
- 1924 Epistle to the Hebrews. S. Low, Marston & Co. London.
- 1946 Paul the apostle - Jew, Tarsian, Roman.
- 1952 Archaeology Explains the Bible. Epworth, London.
- God-spell - The Bible story retold. Birmingham.
- 1962 Book of the Prophet Ezekiel. Birmingham.