Arthur James Grant (21 June 1862 – 24 May 1948) was an English historian.'GRANT, Arthur James', '' Who Was Who''

Early life and education

Born in

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, Lincolnshire, Grant was the son of Samuel Grant. He was educated at

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and King's College, Cambridge where he graduated BA in

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in 1884, with a first class in both parts of the tripos and a distinction in Ancient History.A. H. Dainton, 'A. J. Grant, 1862-1948', ''University of Leeds Review'', 1 (1948-49), 136-40. He became a University Extension lecturer.

Academic career

In 1896, Grant was appointed Professor of History and English (later narrowed to History alone) at the Yorkshire College, Leeds (which became the University of Leeds in 1904), where he succeeded Cyril Ransome. Upon his retirement from Leeds in 1927 a drypoint portrait was executed by the artist

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. He proceeded in that year to a chair at the University of New Zealand. From 1930 to 1932 he was Professor of

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at the University of Egypt, Cairo. This period was followed, in the words of one obiturist, by 'quiet years in London, filled with fruitful literary activity'. Grant left London during the Second World War, eventually returning to Leeds.

Marriage

In 1901 Grant married Edith Radford (1863–1929).

Death

Grant died in Headingley on 24 May 1948, aged 85. His ashes are buried with those of his wife at St Chad's Church,

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, Leeds.

Works

* ''Greece in the Age of Pericles'', 1893 * ''The French Monarchy (1483-1789)'', 1900 * ''English Historians'', 1906 * (with H. V. Temperley) ''Europe in the Nineteenth Century'', 1927 * ''A History of Europe from 1494 to 1610'', 1931 * ''The Huguenots'', 1935

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* * * 1862 births 1948 deaths Academics of the University of Leeds Alumni of King's College, Cambridge 19th-century English historians People educated at Boston Grammar School 20th-century English historians {{UK-historian-stub