Edward Freeman

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Edward Freeman

Edward Augustus Freeman (born August 2, 1823 in Harborne , Staffordshire , † March 16, 1892 in Alicante , Spain ) was a British historian .

Life

Freeman lost his parents as a child and was educated in private schools. In 1841 he took on the study of history at Trinity College at Oxford University , which he graduated in 1845 with a Bachelor of Arts .

The inheritance of his parents' deaths made him independent, and in 1860 he settled as a private scholar in Somerleaze near Wells , Somerset to continue his work. He applied twice for a professorship , and it was not until 1884 that he was appointed professor of modern history at Oxford. In 1872 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences . Since 1884 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences . On one of his numerous trips, he died on March 16, 1892 in Alicante, Spain . His successor at Oxford University was James Anthony Froude .

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In his early writings Freeman showed great interest in architecture ; His History of Architecture appeared in 1849 . He was one of the first to use architecture as a source of knowledge for historical science. In 1863 his History of Federal Government appeared . His most famous work is History of the Norman Conquest (6 volumes, 1867–1879), a monumental work and setting the tone for the time. Other writings deal with a. with ancient Greece, Sicily, the Ottoman Empire, the USA and the methods of historical science. There are also countless articles in specialist magazines and daily newspapers.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 85.
  2. ^ Edward Augustus Freeman obituary at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences (PDF file)
personal data
SURNAME Freeman, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freeman, Edward Augustus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1823
PLACE OF BIRTH Harborne , Staffordshire
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1892
Place of death Alicante , Spain