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English History 1914–1945
The Oxford History of England (1934–1965) was a book series on the history of the United Kingdom. Published by Oxford University Press, it was originally intended to span from Roman Britain to the outbreak of the First World War in fourteen volumes written by eminent historians. The series editor, Sir George Clark, contributed the first volume which appeared in 1934. The series as originally contemplated was completed in 1961. However, it was subsequently expanded and updated by further volumes and editions, taking the narrative as far as the end of the Second World War. Several volumes were subsequently "replaced" by revised editions of which the last was added in 1986. Some of the volumes are considered to be classic works for their respective periods and some have been reissued as stand-alone works. The reputation of the series as a whole, however, is mixed. John Bossy wrote in 1996 that it "does not much ring in the mind" except for volumes 1, 2 and 15 (by Collingwood, Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Series
A book series is a sequence of books having certain characteristics in common that are formally identified together as a group. Book series can be organized in different ways, such as written by the same author, or marketed as a group by their publisher. Publishers' reprint series Reprint series of public domain fiction (and sometimes nonfiction) books appeared as early as the 18th century, with the series ''The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill'' (founded by British publisher John Bell (publisher), John Bell in 1777). In 1841 the German Tauchnitz publishers, Tauchnitz publishing firm launched the ''Collection of British and American Authors'', a reprint series of inexpensive paperbound editions of both public domain and copyrighted fiction and nonfiction works. This book series was unique for paying living authors of the works published even though copyright protection did not exist between nations in the 19th century. Later British reprint series were to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Powicke
Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke (16 June 1879 – 19 May 1963) was an English medieval historian. He was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, a professor at Queen's University, Belfast, and the Victoria University of Manchester, and from 1928 until his retirement Regius Professor at the University of Oxford. He was made a Knight Bachelor in 1946. Life Powicke was born on 16 June 1879 in Alnwick, the son of Frederick James Powicke, a Congregational minister and historian of 17th-century Puritanism, and Martha, the youngest daughter of William Collyer of Brigstock. Powicke was educated at Owens College, Manchester, where he took his first degree, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took another with first-class honours.'POWICKE, Sir (Frederick) Maurice', in ''Who Was Who'' (London: A. & C. Black) From 1908 to 1915 he was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, although in 1909 he was appointed as Professor of Modern History in the Queen's University, Belfast, where he remained fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Series Of History Books
Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), English physicist Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Series, the ordered sets used in serialism including tone rows * Harmonic series (music) * Serialism, including the twelve-tone technique Types of series in arts, entertainment, and media * Anime series * Book series * Comic book series * Film series * Manga series * Podcast series * Radio series * Television series * "Television series", the Australian, British, and a number of others countries' equivalent term for the North American "television season", a set of episodes produced by a television serial * Video game series * Web series Mathematics and science * Series (botany), a taxonomic rank between genus and species * Series (mathematics), the sum of a sequence of terms * Series (stratigraphy), a stratigraphic unit deposited during a certain interval of geol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Non-fiction Books
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * February 6 – French political crisis: The French far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon, in an attempted coup d'état against the Third Republic. * February 9 ** Gaston Doumergue forms a new government in France. ** Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact. * February 12– 15 – Austrian Civil War: The Fatherland Front consolidates its power in a series of clashes across the country. * February 16 – The Commission of Government is sworn in, as a form of direct rule for the Dominion of Newfoundland. * February 21 – Augusto César Sandino is assassinated in Managua, by the National Guard. * February 23 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelican History Of England
The ''Pelican History of England'' is multi-volume, multi-author work published by the Pelican non-fiction imprint of Penguin Books between 1950 and 1965. It was edited by Jack Morpurgo (1918–2000). Running to nine volumes and several editions, the series is said to have "shaped the historical thinking of generations" in the United Kingdom. Series The Pelican history was originally planned to comprise eight volumes covering the period "from the Roman conquest of Britain, Roman invasion to the outbreak of the World War I, First World War".Jack Morpurgo, "Editorial Note", in Stanley Thomas Bindoff, ''Tudor England'' (Harmondsworth: Pelican, 1950). A version of this note appeared in all early editions of the series. While the overall tone was optimistic and progressive, broadly reflecting the Whig history, Whig interpretation of history, the series was not doctrinaire. As Morpurgo wrote, "each author has been left to decide what he himself considers significant and interesting ... t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bibliography Of European History
This is a bibliography of European history focused on some of the main books in English. Surveys * Blum, Jerome et al. ''The European World'' (2 vol. 2nd ed. 1970) university textbookonline* Davies, Norman. ''Europe: A History'' (1998), advanced university textbook * Gay, Peter and R.K. Webb ''Modern Europe: To 1815'' (1973online university textbook ** Gay, Peter and R.K. Webb ''Modern Europe: Since 1815'' (1973), university textbook * Gooch, Brison D. ed. ''Interpreting European history. 1: From the renaissance to Napoleon'' (1967) online and ''Interpreting European history 2: from Metternich to Present'' (1967). online; readings by scholars * McKay, John P. et al. ''A History of Western Society'' (13th ed.; 2 vol 2020) 1300 pp; university textbook * Moncure, James A. ed. ''Research Guide to European Historical Biography: 1450–Present'' (4 vol 1992); 2140 pp; historiographical guide to 200 major political and military leaders * Roberts, J.M. ''The Penguin History of Europe'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Years Covered By The Oxford History Series
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year (approximately 365 solar days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45 seconds) and the sidereal year (about 20 minutes longer) are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. The term 'year' is also used to indicate other periods of roughly similar duration, such as the lunar year (a roughly 354-day cycle of twelve of the Moon's phasessee lunar calendar), as well as periods loosely associated with the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by changes in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recogn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Oxford History Of England
The ''New Oxford History of England'' is a book series on the history of the British Isles. It is the successor to the ''Oxford History of England'' (1934–86). Eleven volumes were published between 1989 and 2010, with several volumes still to come. The volumes are: *''England under the Norman and Angevin Kings, 1075–1225'' — Robert Bartlett (historian), Robert Bartlett (2002), *''Plantagenet England, 1225–1360'' — Michael Prestwich (2005), *''Shaping the Nation: England, 1360–1461'' — G. L. Harriss (2005), *''Renaissance England, 1461-1547'' — John Watts (historian), John Watts, TBA *''The Later Tudors: England, 1547–1603'' — Penry Williams (historian), Penry Williams (1995), *''1603-1689'' — TBA *''A Land of Liberty? England, 1689–1727'' — Julian Hoppit (2002), Paperback: ; Hardcover: *''A Polite and Commercial People: England, 1727–1783'' — Paul Langford (1989), *''A Mad, Bad, and Dang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ensor
Sir Robert Charles Kirkwood Ensor (16 October 1877 – 4 December 1958) was a British writer, poet, journalist, liberal intellectual and historian. He is best known for ''England: 1870-1914'' (1936), a volume in the ''Oxford History of England'' series edited by George Clark. Biography Born in Milborne Port, Dorset, he was the son of Robert H Ensor and his wife Olivia ''née'' Currie. He was educated at Winchester and Balliol College, Oxford where he achieved a first in Greats and also the Chancellor's Latin verse prize. He was President of the Oxford Union in 1900. He became involved in left-wing politics, publishing a selection of writings of leading socialist theorists as ''Modern Socialism'' in 1903. He failed at his attempts to become a fellow of Merton, St John's and All Souls (twice) but later became a tutor at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In 1902 he became leader writer for ''The Manchester Guardian''. In 1905 he moved to London where he was called to the bar at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llewellyn Woodward
Sir Ernest Llewellyn Woodward, FBA (1890–1971) was a British historian. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and after the First World War became a lecturer in Modern History and fellow of All Souls College from 1919 to 1944 and a fellow at New College from 1922 to 1939. Later he was Montague Burton Professor of International Relations (1944–1947) and then Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He later taught at Princeton University in the United States (1951–1962). His scope was impressively wide, his first publication being on the late Roman Empire whilst on sick leave from service in the First World War but his most famous works being on the First World War. He wrote ''The Age of Reform'' in the ''Oxford History of England''. Woodward was a Member of the American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil Williams (historian)
Arthur Frederic Basil Williams (4 April 1867 – 5 January 1950) was an English historian. Williams was born in London, the son of a barrister. He was educated at Marlborough College and then read Classics at New College, Oxford. He was a clerk in the House of Commons. One of his duties was to attend the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the responsibility for the Jameson raid, and he became familiar with Cecil Rhodes, whose biography he later wrote. Williams served in the Second Boer War, where one of his companions was Erskine Childers, of whom he later wrote a memoir. In 1905 he married Dorothy Caulfeild. She died two years before him. Williams came back to the UK briefly, then returned to South Africa as a civilian, in the service of Lord Milner. He also worked as an assistant to Lionel Curtis, the town clerk of Johannesburg. In 1910 he was twice unsuccessful in UK parliamentary elections standing in the Liberal interest, in turn for the seats of Lewes and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godfrey Davies
Godfrey Davies (13 May 1892 – 28 May 1957) was an English historian of the 17th century and member of the research staff of the Huntington Library. ''The Mississippi Valley Historical Review'' summarized his contributions by noting: "Through his published works he came to be recognized as a leading authority in seventeenth-century English history, and through his innumerable services to British and American students who have worked at the Huntington Library during the past quarter of a century he made a leading contribution not only to his own but also to many fields of historical scholarship." Early life, family, and education Godfrey Davies was born on 13 May 1892 at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, the second son of (Sir) Thomas Davies (d. 1939), Member of Parliament for Cirencester and Tewkesbury, 1918–1929. Godfrey was educated at Chipping Campden Grammar School and was elected in 1910 to a Townsend Scholarship at Pembroke College, Oxford, where he received his second cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
