Arnold, Thomas (1795–1842), headmaster and historian, was born on 13 June 1795 at West Cowes, Isle of Wight, the seventh of the seven children of William Arnold (1745–1801), collector of customs and postmaster for the Isle of Wight, and his wife, Martha (1751–1829)...
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Arnold, Thomas (1795–1842), headmaster and historian
A. J. H. Reeve
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Beckford, William (1744–1799), sugar planter and historian
Richard B. Sheridan
Beckford, William (1744–1799), sugar planter and historian, was born in Jamaica in 1744, the son and heir of Richard Beckford (d. 1756) and his common-law wife, Elizabeth Hay. His uncle was William Beckford, lord mayor of London, and his first cousin was ...
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Beesly, Edward Spencer (1831–1915), positivist and historian
Martha S. Vogeler
Beesly, Edward Spencer (1831–1915), positivist and historian, was born on 23 January 1831 in Feckenham, Worcestershire, the eldest son of the Revd James Beesly (1781–1855) and his wife, Emily Fitzgerald (1798–1868), of Queen's county, Ireland. After reading Latin and Greek with his father, in the autumn of 1846 he was sent to ...
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Blake, Robert Norman William, Baron Blake (1916–2003), historian and college head
Kenneth O. Morgan
Blake, Robert Norman William, Baron Blake (1916–2003), historian and college head, was born at Brundall, Norfolk, on 23 December 1916, the elder son of William Joseph Blake, schoolmaster, and his wife, Norah Lindley, née Daynes, the daughter of a leading Norwich solicitor. He was born two weeks after ...
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Brady, Robert (c. 1627–1700), historian and physician
Patrick Wallis
Brady, Robert (c. 1627–1700), historian and physician, was born at Denver, near Downham Market, Norfolk, the son of Thomas Brady, attorney, and Mary, daughter of Thomas Whick of West Walton, Norfolk. He was educated at Downham School, under Mr Gilbert, and in 1644 was admitted as a sizar to ...
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Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes (1854–1926), historian
John Pemble
Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes (1854–1926), historian, the elder son of Hugh Horatio Brown, of Newhall House, Carlops, Midlothian, and his wife, Giulielmina Forbes, sixth daughter of Alexander Ranaldson Macdonell, last chief of Glengarry, was born at Nice, then part of the kingdom of ...
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Browning, Oscar (1837–1923), teacher and historian
Richard Davenport-Hines
Browning, Oscar (1837–1923), teacher and historian, was born on 17 January 1837 at 8 Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London, third son of William Shipton Browning (d. 1853), distiller, of Smithfield, and his wife, Mariana Margaret (1799–1889), daughter of Thomas Bridge (1772–1858), captain in the ...
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Buckle, George Earle (1854–1935), newspaper editor and historian
Stanley Weintraub
Buckle, George Earle (1854–1935), newspaper editor and historian, was born at Twerton, near Bath, on 10 June 1854, the eldest of the four sons of George Buckle, successively fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, vicar of Twerton, rector of Weston-super-Mare, and canon and precentor of ...
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Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821–1862), historian
Thomas William Heyck
Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821–1862), historian, was born on 24 November 1821 at Lee in Kent, the son of Thomas Henry Buckle (1779–1840), partner in a London shipping firm, and his wife, Jane Middleton (d. 1859) of Yorkshire. He had two sisters. Originally from ...
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Burnet, Gilbert (1643–1715), bishop of Salisbury and historian
Martin Greig
Burnet, Gilbert (1643–1715), bishop of Salisbury and historian, was born in Edinburgh on 18 September 1643, the youngest child of Robert Burnet (d. 1661), a judge of the court of session as Lord Crimond, and Rachel Johnston, sister of Archibald Johnston, Lord Wariston...
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Burrows, Montagu (1819–1905), historian and university administrator
A. H. Johnson
revised by Peter R. H. Slee
Burrows, Montagu (1819–1905), historian and university administrator, born at Hadley, Middlesex, on 27 October 1819, was the third son of Lieutenant-General Montagu Burrows (1775–1848) and his wife, Mary Anne Pafford, eldest daughter of Joseph Larcom, captain RN, and sister of Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom...
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Butler, Sir James Ramsay Montagu (1889–1975), historian
Stephen W. Roskill
revised
Butler, Sir James Ramsay Montagu (1889–1975), historian, was born in the master's lodge, Trinity College, Cambridge, on 20 July 1889. Both his grandfather and his father, Henry Montagu Butler (1833–1918), had been headmaster of Harrow School, and in 1886 the latter was appointed master of ...
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Butterfield, Sir Herbert (1900–1979), historian
Brendan Simms
Butterfield, Sir Herbert (1900–1979), historian, was born at Oxenhope, Yorkshire, on 7 October 1900, the eldest of three children of Albert Butterfield, chief clerk at a Keighley woollen mill, and his wife, Ada Mary Buckland. He was educated at Keighley trade and grammar school...
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Camden, William (1551–1623), historian and herald
Wyman H. Herendeen
Camden, William (1551–1623), historian and herald, was born on 2 May 1551 at the Old Bailey, London, the son of Sampson Camden and his wife, Elizabeth Curwen. Sampson, originally from Lichfield, had settled in London as a painter–stainer, a profession which made a lasting impression on his son and which ...
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Chibnall [née Morgan], Marjorie McCallum (1915–2012), historian
Edmund King
Chibnall [née Morgan], Marjorie McCallum (1915–2012), historian, was born at Preston-on-Severn, Upton Magna, Shropshire, on 27 September 1915, the only daughter and younger child of John Christopher Morgan (1882–1959), farmer, and his wife, Maggie, née Morgan (1885–1976). Her parents were second cousins, sharing a great-grandfather, ...
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Clarke, Maude Violet (1892–1935), historian
V. H. Galbraith
revised by K. D. Reynolds
Clarke, Maude Violet (1892–1935), historian, was born in Belfast on 7 May 1892, the second child and only daughter of Richard James Clarke (1856–1953), rector of Trinity Church, Belfast, and his wife, Anne Frances Nugent Jessop (d. 1942), daughter of John Thomas Jessop...
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Collingwood, Robin George (1889–1943), philosopher and historian
Stefan Collini and Bernard Williams
Collingwood, Robin George (1889–1943), philosopher and historian, was born on 22 February 1889 at Cartmel Fell, Lancashire, the only son and third of the four children of William Gershom Collingwood (1854–1932) and his wife, Edith Mary (1857–1928), daughter of Thomas Isaac, corn merchant, of ...
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Cooke, Alice Margaret (1867–1940), historian
Fernanda Helen Perrone
Cooke, Alice Margaret (1867–1940), historian, was born at 24 Boston Street, Hulme, Lancashire, on 18 September 1867, the daughter of John Cooke, a cotton yarn agent, and his wife, Eliza Anderson Jackson. She attended a private school in Manchester and then, from 1883 to 1887, ...
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Coulton, George Gordon (1858–1947), historian and controversialist
Henry Summerson
Coulton, George Gordon (1858–1947), historian and controversialist, was born at Tower Place, King's Lynn, Norfolk, on 15 October 1858, the third son and sixth child of John James Coulton, a solicitor of Yorkshire origins, and his wife, Sarah Radley. After early schooling at a dame-school at ...
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Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd (1812–1878), historian
H. C. G. Matthew
Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd (1812–1878), historian, was born at Bexley in Kent, where his father, Edward Hill Creasy, was a land agent. In the boy's early youth the father removed to Brighton, where he set up in business as an auctioneer and started the ...
