Born in 1818, died in 1894; educated at Oxford; Fellow of
Exeter in 1842; associated with John Henry Newman in the
high church movement; owing to change in his religious
views, took up literature as a profession; came to the
United States in 1872, where he lectured; visited Africa and
Australia afterward; made Professor of Modern History at
Oxford in 1892 as successor to Freeman; published his
"History of England" in 1856-70, "Short Studies on Great
Subjects" in 1867-77, "Cæsar" in 1879, "Reminiscences of
Carlyle" in 1881 and "Life of Carlyle" in 1882 and following
year.
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