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Edward Augustus Freeman
English historian (1823–1892) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward Augustus Freeman[1] (2 August 1823 – 16 March 1892) was an English historian, architectural artist, and Liberal politician during the late-19th-century heyday of Prime Minister William Gladstone, as well as a one-time candidate for Parliament. He held the position of Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, where he tutored Arthur Evans; later he and Evans were activists in the Balkan uprising of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1874–1878) against the Ottoman Empire.
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Born | (1823-08-02)2 August 1823 Metchley Abbey, Harborne, Warwickshire, England |
Died | 16 March 1892(1892-03-16) (aged 68) Alicante, Spain |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Oxford |
Occupation | Historian |
Title | Regius Professor of Modern History |
Term | 1884–1892 |
Predecessor | William Stubbs |
Successor | James Anthony Froude |
After the marriage of his daughter Margaret to Evans, he and Evans collaborated on the fourth volume of his History of Sicily. He was a prolific writer, publishing 239 distinct works.[2] One of his best known is his magnum opus, The History of the Norman Conquest of England (published in 6 volumes, 1867–1879). Both he and Margaret died before Evans purchased the land from which he would excavate the Palace of Knossos.