James Hamilton Wylie (8 June 1844 – 25 February 1914) was a British historian. Described by
Juliet Barker
Juliet R. V. Barker FRSL (born 1958) is an English historian, specialising in the Middle Ages and literary biography. She is the author of a number of well-regarded works on the Brontës, William Wordsworth, and medieval tournaments. From 198 ...
as "the epiome of a Victorian antiquarian" and "the master of Lancastrian history" by
James Westfall Thompson James Westfall Thompson (1869–1941) was an American historian specializing in the history of medieval and early modern Europe, particularly of the Holy Roman Empire and France. He also made noteworthy contributions to the history of literacy, lib ...
, he is best known for his four-volume ''History of England Under Henry the Fourth'' (1884–98) and three-volume ''The Reign of Henry the Fifth'' (1914–1929), completed after his death by William Templeton Waugh.
Educated at
Christ's Hospital
Christ's Hospital is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 11–18) with a royal charter located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex. The school was founded in 1552 and received its first royal charter in 1553. ...
and
Pembroke College, Oxford, Wylie spent much of his career as an
Inspector of Schools.
Wylie gave the
Ford Lectures
The Ford Lectures, technically the James Ford Lectures in British History, are an annual series of public lectures held at the University of Oxford on the subject of English or British history. They are usually devoted to a particular historical ...
in 1900 on ''The
Council of Constance to the death of
John Hus
Jan Hus (; ; 1370 – 6 July 1415), sometimes anglicized as John Hus or John Huss, and referred to in historical texts as ''Iohannes Hus'' or ''Johannes Huss'', was a Czech theologian and philosopher who became a Church reformer and the inspi ...
''.
References
British historians
Historians of England
People educated at Christ's Hospital
Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford
1844 births
1914 deaths
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