Born in 1831; educated at Oxford; one of the founders of the
Positivist School; Professor of Jurisprudence and
International Law at Lincoln's Inn Hall, 1877-89; alderman
of London in 1889-92; published "The Meaning of History" in
1862; "The Choice of Books" in 1886; "Oliver Cromwell" in
1889; "Victorian Literature" in 1895; a Life of Ruskin in
1902; a book on Washington in 1902.