'''R[oland] A[rthur] L[onsdale] Fell''' (1895‑1973) was a British classical scholar educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, the author of ''Etruria and Rome'', an important work on the Etruscan civilization for which he won the [[1923]] [[Thirlwall Prize]]; and co-author with [[Thomas Ashby]] of a widely cited paper, ''The Via Flaminia''. <ref>''Journal of Roman Studies'' 11:125‑190, 1921)</ref> In later life he largely set aside his antiquarian interests, being ordained an [[Anglican]] [[deacon]] in 1923, and a priest the following year. 

He served in the Church of St. George, [[Camberwell]], [[London]] from 1923 to 1927; then as a missionary for the [[Society for the Propagation of the Gospel]] in [[Ahmednagar]], [[India]] (1927‑1937) during which time he was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of [[Nasik]] (1932‑1937) and to the Bishop of [[Bombay]] (1935‑1937). Returning to England he was vicar at [[Wylde Green]], [[Birmingham]] (1938‑1942); vicar at St. James, [[Edgbaston]], Birmingham (1942‑1946); vicar of [[Bradninch]], [[Devon]] (1946‑1966); and rural dean of [[Cullompton]], Devon (1954‑1955). In 1966 he was licensed to [[officiate]] in the [[Diocese of Exeter]], and came to live in [[Exmouth, Devon]]. <ref>Crockford's clerical directory : a reference book of the clergy of the Church of England and other Churches in communion with the See of Canterbury, 1971/72 ed.</ref>


''Etruria and Rome'' (Cambridge University Press, 1924), reviewed by Ralph van Deman Magoffin in ''The American Historical Review'', Vol. 30, No. 2. (Jan., 1925), pp. 383.