Robert Henry

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Robert Henry

Robert Henry (born February 18, 1718 in St Ninians , Stirlingshire , † November 24, 1790 in Edinburgh ) was a Scottish historian .

Live and act

Robert Henry was the son of the farmer James Henry from Muirtown in Stirlingshire and his wife Jean nee. Galloway. He attended schools in St Ninians and Stirling and studied at Edinburgh University . He then entered the service of the Church of Scotland . From 1738 he worked at Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh, received ordination in 1748 and in 1771 the Doctor of Divinity at Edinburgh University. In 1774 he was the moderator of the General Assembly ( Synod ) of the Church of Scotland. In 1783 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .

His main work is the six-volume History of Great Britain , which was published from 1771. It covers the period from the Roman conquest (55 BC) to the end of the reign of Henry VIII (1547). Henry pursued a new concept in that he dealt with topics such as civil history, military history or social history individually in chronological order. The work was published in several editions by different publishers and was translated into French. It was supplemented by James Pettit Andrews in 1796 to include the period up to the enthronement of James VI. of Scotland as the English King James I in 1603.

Fonts

  • Revelation the most effective means of civilizing and reforming mankind. A sermon, preached before the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, at their anniversary meeting, in the High Church of Edinburgh, on Saturday, June 5. 1773. Edinburgh 1773, OCLC 507971884 .
  • The History of Great Britain, from the First Invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar. 6 volumes. Printed for the author and sold by T. Cadell, London 1771, 1774, 1777, 1781, 1785, 1793. (The sixth volume was completed and edited by Malcolm Laing.)
    • The History of Great Britain, from the First Invasion of it by the Romans Under Julius Caesar: Written on a New Plan. From the 2nd edition published in 6 volumes of 2 half volumes each.
    • Volume 1, 2nd edition. P. Byrne, J. Jones, Dublin 1789 ( books.google.de ).
    • Volume 2, 2nd edition. P. Byrne, J. Jones, Dublin 1789 ( archive.org ).
    • Volume 4, 3rd edition. A. Strahan, London 1800 ( archive.org ).
    • 6th edition in 12 half-volumes. ( catalog.hathitrust.org )

literature

  • The Life of Robert Henry DD In: The history of Great Britain, from the first invasion of it by the Romans under Julius Caesar. Written on a new plan. Volume 12. 2nd edition. Strahan, London 1788, pp. 471-490 (English, online ).
  • Thomas Finlayson Henderson:  Henry, Robert . In: Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (Eds.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 26:  Henry II - Hindley. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1891, pp. 126 - 127 (English).
  • Henry, Robert . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 13 : Harmony - Hurstmonceaux . London 1910, p. 301 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
  • John William cousin: Henry, Robert (1718-1790). In: A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. Dent, London and Dutton, New York 1910, DNB 104543423X , p. 186 (English, online  - Internet Archive ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Royal Society of Edinburgh: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. P. 82/1, accessed on December 18, 2019 (PDF; 487 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Henry, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH St Ninians
DATE OF DEATH November 24, 1790
Place of death Edinburgh