Matthew Albert Bayfield (17 June 1852 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire – 2 August 1922 in Hertford) was an English classical scholar, author, headmaster, clergyman and spiritualist.
Bayfield is best known for his commentaries on classical Greek texts as well his writing on the subject of poetry.
Bayfield collaborated with Walter Leaf and A. W. Verrall on numerous commentaries on the works of Sophocles, Homer and Euripides.
[2] Bayfield was interested in parapsychology and was a member of the Society for Psychical Research.
[3] Bayfield's wife Helen was the sister of Duncan Boyes, who won the Victoria Cross at Shimonoseki in 1864.