Firth, C. H. (Charles Harding), 1857-1936
Variant namesCharles Harding Firth was born in Sheffield on 16 March 1857. He received his education from Clifton College, New College, Oxford and Balliol College, Oxford where he graduated with a degree in Modern History in 1878. After lecturing for a period at his uncle's foundation, Firth College, he moved to Oxford in 1883. He was a history lecturer at Pembroke College, from 1883 to 1893, Ford's lecturer 1900-1901, in 1902 he became a research fellow at All Souls and he was Regius Professor of Modern History from 1904 to 1925. He was one of a group of historians who established the English Historical Review in 1886. He served as president of the Royal Historical Society from 1913-1917 and twice as president of the Historical Association, 1906-1910, and 1918-1920.
Firth received honorary degrees from the Universities of Aberdeen, Durham, Cambridge, Sheffield, Manchester and Oxford. He was given a knighthood in 1922. Firth's areas of historical interest included the military, travel, colonisation and Oliver Cromwell. Firth's works include, the Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle , 1886, Oliver Cromwell 1900 and The House of Lords During the Civil War , 1910.
From the guide to the Firth, Sir Charles Harding, c1886-1910, (Senate House Library, University of London)
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associatedWith | Firth, Henry, 1874- | person |
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correspondedWith | Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 | person |
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associatedWith | Moore, E. M., collector. | person |
associatedWith | Scott, W. R. (William Robert), 1868-1940. | person |
associatedWith | Sidgwick, Frank, 1879-1939, | person |
associatedWith | Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910. | person |
associatedWith | Strachey, Joan Pernel, 1876- | person |
correspondedWith | Wendell family. | family |
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Birth 1857-03-16
Death 1936-02-19
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