Frederic Harrison
Frederic Harrison (born October 18, 1831 in London , † January 14, 1923 ) was a British lawyer and historian .
Life
Harrison was educated at King's College , London, then entered Oxford University and was admitted to the bar in 1859.
From 1867 to 1869 he was a member of the royal commission for reporting on the trade unions, from 1869 to 1870 secretary of those on the codification of English laws; In 1873 he was appointed examination commissioner for international law and related subjects.
Working at the Working Men's College founded by Frederick Denison Maurice in 1854, he has since devoted special attention to all labor issues, turned to the views of Auguste Comte , of whose Politique positive he translated the second volume ( The social statics , 1875), and was next Richard Congreve co-founder of the positivist school.
In addition to numerous articles in magazines, he wrote:
- The meaning of history (1862)
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Order and progress (1875, 2 parts)
- On government
- Studies of political crises
- Martial law in Kabul (1880)
- Pantheism and cosmic emotion (1881) and some essays in the important work International policy (1866, 2nd ed. 1884)
- As Vice President of the Royal Historical Society , he published the romantic monograph Theophano - The Crusade of the Tenth Century (T. Fisher Unwin, London 1904)
literature
- Harrison, Frederic . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 13 : Harmony - Hurstmonceaux . London 1910, p. 23 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- Literature by and about Frederic Harrison in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harrison, Frederic |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English lawyer and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1923 |