William Stubbs
William Stubbs (born June 21, 1825 in Knaresborough , Yorkshire , † April 22, 1901 in Cuddesdon , Oxfordshire ) was an English historian and Bishop of Oxford .
William Stubbs studied theology at the University of Oxford and became vicar after graduating in 1850 . Since he was very interested in history, he devoted himself to research into medieval English history, in addition to his priestly duties. In 1858 his first scientific historical work was published, a study of the history of churches, the Registrum sacrum Anglicanum . He then published the Rolls Series , a collection of medieval English chronicles, and in 1866 became Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He held this chair until 1884. In 1872 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .
After returning to the service of the Church of England in 1884 and becoming Bishop of Chester , his historical studies faded into the background. In 1888 he was appointed to the bishopric of Oxford, which he occupied as Lord Bishop until his death in 1901. Stubbs was accepted on January 24, 1897 as a foreign member of the Prussian order Pour le Mérite for science and the arts. Since 1880 he was a foreign member of the Bavarian and since 1882 a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . In 1881 Stubbs was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1892 he became an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh .
In addition to his studies of English medieval history, Stubbs also dealt with German early medieval history. However, his studies on this did not appear until posthumously in 1908.
Works (selection)
- Constitutional History of England. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1874–78, 3 volumes and 1891–96, 2 volumes
- Germany in the early Middle Ages 476-1250. Longmans, London 1908
literature
- James Campbell: William Stubbs (1825-1901). In: Helen Damico, Joseph B. Zavadil (eds.): Medieval Scholarship. Biographical Studies on the Formation of a Discipline, Volume 1: History (= Garland Reference Library of the Humanities. Volume 1350). Garland Publishing, New York 1995, ISBN 0-8240-6894-7 , pp. 77-87.
Web links
- Works by and about William Stubbs in the German Digital Library
- Publications by William Stubbs in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
Remarks
- ↑ 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. 236.
- ↑ The Order Pour Le Mérite for Science and the Arts, The Members of the Order , Volume II (1882–1952), Berlin 1978, p. 136 (with a picture on the opposite page).
- ^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1850–1899 ( PDF ). Retrieved September 24, 2015
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 14, 2020 .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| William Jacobson |
Bishop of Chester 1884–1889 |
Francis Jayne |
| John Mackarness |
Bishop of Oxford 1889–1901 |
Francis Paget |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stubbs, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English historian and Lord Bishop of Oxford |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Knaresborough , Yorkshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1901 |
| Place of death | Cuddesdon , Oxfordshire |