FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS

FREEMAN, EDWARD AUGUSTUS
   historian, born at Mitchley Abbey, Staffordshire; was a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford; examiner in the School of Law and Modern History; in 1884 he was elected Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford; most of his life was spent in country retirement at Somerleaze, varied by Continental travel; he is the author of many scholarly works ranging over the whole field of history, his fame, however, mainly resting on his great "History of the Norman Conquest" (1823-1892).

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  • Freeman — (spr. frīmän), Edward Augustus, engl. Geschichtschreiber, geb. 2. Aug. 1823 in Harborne (Staffordshire), gest. 16. März 1892 in Alicante, studierte in Oxford, wurde hier 1845 Fellow, 1870 Ehrendoktor der Rechte und daselbst 1884 Professor der… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Freeman — (spr. frihmänn), Edward Augustus, engl. Geschichtschreiber, geb. 1823 zu Harborne, 1884 Prof. in Oxford, gest. 16. März 1892 in Alicante in Spanien; Hauptwerke: »History of the Norman conquest« (6 Bde., 1867 79), »Historical geography of Europe«… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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