John Richard Green
John Richard Green (born December 12, 1837 in Oxford , † March 7, 1883 in Menton , France ) was an English priest , historian and geographer , who was best known for his work on the history of England .
Life
Green attended Magdalen College School and later Jesus College at the University of Oxford . After leaving Oxford, he was ordained a priest in 1860 and began to work as a pastor in St Philip’s Church in Stepney , a borough of London . Meanwhile, Green began studying history and writing articles for the Saturday Review , a London magazine. Slowly he turned from the teachings of the English Church and turned his main focus on the history of England.
In 1868 Green accepted a post as a librarian in Lambeth , but soon fell ill with tuberculosis . In 1874 he published the Short History of the English People ("Brief history of the English people"), which was soon very popular and as a result, from 1877 to 1880 was expanded by four volumes.
In 1882 he published the first volume of The Making of England , a work on the "career" of England until 1066. After his death, this was his wife Alice, whom he had married in 1877, continued under the name The Conquest of England again released.
Green was primarily concerned with entertaining his readers. He achieved this by illustrating his books extensively and writing them in an informative, narrative style, although - especially with regard to his first work - he was accused of reporting unnaturally and excessively decorating his story. The Short History of the English People advanced to probably the second best-selling book of the 19th century thanks to Green's easily understandable writing style, only surpassed by Thomas Babington Macaulay's The History of England from the Accession of James the Second (1848).
In 1883, Green died of tuberculosis at the age of 45.
Works
- Short History of the English People . 1874-1880
- Short Geography of the British Isles . 1880
- The Making of England . 1882
- The Conquest of England . 1883
Remarks
- ↑ Revised version of The Making of England , published posthumously by his wife.
literature
- Green, John Richard . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 12 : Gichtel - harmonium . London 1910, p. 534 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
Web links
- John Richard Green in the Literary Encyclopedia (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Green, John Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English priest, historian and geographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1837 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oxford |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1883 |
| Place of death | Menton |