Henry Furneaux (26 June 1829 – 7 January 1900)[1] was a British classical scholar at the University of Oxford, specialising in the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus.
[4] He went on to become Fellow and tutor of Corpus Christi College, and was ordained and became moderator in 1856, then became proctor in 1865, and was examiner in Literae Humaniores from 1871 to 1876.
[7] They had two sons and three daughters,[3] including Margaret Eleanor Furneaux who married F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead in 1901.
[1][3] Furneaux is best known for his special study of the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus, and his editions of the Annals, the Germania and the Agricola remained unsurpassed for many years.
His works include: His obituary in The Times concludes, "His cheerful, kindly company, his sound scholarship, his unostentatious but profoundly appreciated virtues, will be for long sorely missed in the life of the University.