J. Collingwood Bruce (1805–1892)

[John Collingwood].  English antiquary, born at Newcastle in 1805; graduated at Glasgow in 1826, and was trained for the Presbyterian ministry, but devoted himself to teaching. He was moderator of the English Presbyterian Church in 1881. His works include The Roman Wall (1851; 3d ed., 1866); The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated (1856); Lapidarium Septentrionale (1875), an account of all the Roman monuments in the north of England; and a Handbook to the Roman Wall (1863). He died in 1892.