Frederic Harrison

Frederic Harrison ( born October 18, 1831 in London, † January 14, 1923 ) was a British jurist and historian.

Harrison was formed at King 's College in London, then went to the University of Oxford and in 1859 admitted to the legal profession.

He was from 1867 to 1869 member of the Royal Commission to report on the trade unions, 1869-1870 Secretary of provisions relating to codification of the English law; In 1873 he was appointed commissioner on examination of international law and related subjects.

At founded by Frederick Denison Maurice 1854 Working Men 's College worked, he devoted since all worker issues a special attention turned to the views of Auguste Comte to, from whose Politique positive he the second volume ( The social statics, 1875) translated, and was next Richard Congreve co-founder of the positivist school.

In addition to numerous articles in journals, he wrote:

• The meaning of history (1862 )
• Order and Progress (1875, 2 parts) On government
• Studies of political crises