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Reginald Vere Laurence CVO (13 July 1876 – 17 October 1934), sometimes credited as R. Vere Laurence, was an English historian, a Fellow and Dean of
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. The son of Thomas French Laurence, of 8, St Charles Square, Notting Hill, London, Laurence was educated at Merchant Taylors' School (while it was still in central London) and admitted to Trinity College as a
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in October 1895. In 1897 he became a scholar of the college, in 1898 a Lightfoot scholar, and in 1899 was awarded a Derby studentship and an Allen scholarship. In 1898 he graduated BA in the Historical Tripos with First Class Honours, then MA in 1902. He was a Fellow of Trinity from 1901 until his death in 1934, a College Lecturer in History from 1903, and Dean from 1908. In 1902 he became editor of the '' Cambridge Review''.Obituary in the ''Cambridge Review'', October 26, 1934; Obituary in ''
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'', October 20, 1934.
A
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of Trinity College for thirty-four years, Laurence served successively as Lecturer, Tutor, Junior Bursar during the
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, Senior Tutor, and finally as Dean of the College. In 1919–1920, while still Senior Tutor, he was the Director of Studies of the young Prince Albert, later King George VI, who spent a year at Trinity reading history following his war service, and also of his brother Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester. In 1920 this role resulted in Laurence being appointed a Commander of the
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. Among Laurence's published work, he wrote for the ''
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'' and co-edited ''The History of Freedom'', ''Lectures on the French Revolution'', and ''Lectures and Essays of Lord Acton''. Laurence died unmarried in the college in 1934 and was entombed in the college chapel. A memorial to him in the chapel bears a long inscription in Latin written by his friend A. E. Housman, which praises his natural intelligence and his ability to bring the most difficult problems to successful outcomes, and describes him as a born historian and teacher, popular among students, and an agreeable companion.Reginald Vere Laurence
at trinitycollegechapel.com, accessed 5 June 2016


Selected publications

*''The History of Freedom'' (ed.) *''Lectures on the French Revolution'' (ed.) *"The Church and Reform", in Cambridge Modern History, Vol. II, ''The Reformation: The end of the Middle Ages'' (1903)


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*Reginald Vere Laurence
Lectures on the French Revolution
free download at dnlebooks.com 1876 births 1934 deaths Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order English historians Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge {{England-historian-stub