John Knight Fotheringham

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John Knight Fotheringham (born August 14, 1874 in Tottenham , Middlesex , † December 12, 1936 in Cumnor Hill near Oxford ) was a British historian specializing in ancient astronomy and chronology . He established the chronology of the Babylonian rulers.

Life

John Fotheringham went through the City of London School and Merton College , Oxford , where he received an academic distinction ('exhibition') and top grades in Classical Philology ('Literae Humaniores') and Modern History (1896/97). From 1898 to 1902 he held a kind of assistant professorship ('demyship') at Magdalen College . It was then that he began to study ancient chronology. In 1904 he was appointed lecturer in Classical Antiquity at King's College London , where he taught until 1915.

Fotheringham was a fellow at Magdalen College (1909-1916). He read on ancient history at the University of London (1912–1920). He later gave lectures on ancient astronomy and chronology at the University of Oxford (1925–1936).

In 1923 he published Hieronymus 'version of Eusebius ' Chronicles. In 1933 he became a member of the British Academy . He was also a member of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS).

Works (selection)

Fotheringham published a large number of writings and books. These include:

  • (Ed.): The Bodleian Manuscript of Jerome's Version of the Chronicle of Eusebius . The Clarendon Press: Oxford 1905, archive.org .
  • together with George Charles Brodrick: The History of England, from Addington's Administration to the Close of William IV's Reign 1801-1837 . Volume XI, Longmans, London 1906.
  • together with LRF Williams: Marco Sanudo , conqueror of the Archipelago . The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1915.
  • Cleostratus . Clay, London 1920.
  • Historical eclipses . The Clarendon Press, Oxford 1921.
  • The calendar . London 1929.
  • Ancient astronomy and chronology . In: The Oxford Magazine , Oxford 1930.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b John Knight Fotheringham . In: The Concise Dictionary of National Biography , Volume I: A – F, Oxford University Press , 1995.
  2. ↑ Obituary: JK Fotheringham, FBA In: Nature , 139, pp. 788-789. doi: 10.1038 / 139788a0
  3. ^ John L. Myres: John Knight Fotheringham, 1874-1936 . Proceedings of the British Academy , Volume XXIII.
  4. ^ A b Obituary Notices: Fellows: Fotheringham, John Knight . In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 97, p. 4, pp. 270-272, February 1937. bibcode : 1937MNRAS..97..270.
  5. ^ A. Pogo: The Writings of JK Fotheringham . In: Isis , volume. 29, No. 1, pp. 58-68, July 1938. JSTOR 225926 Published by The University of Chicago Press for the History of Science Society .
  6. ↑ John Knight Fotheringham . Open Library .
personal data
SURNAME Fotheringham, John Knight
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Tottenham , Middlesex
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1936
Place of death Cumnor Hill near Oxford