Richard Copley Christie

Richard Copley Christie ( born July 22, 1830 in Nottingham, † January 9, 1901 in Ribsden, Windlesham ) was a British jurist, historian, bibliophile and Romanist.

Life and work

Christie studied law at Oxford and was for a time Professor of History and Political Science at Owens College, Manchester (later University of Manchester ), also Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Manchester. His inherited wealth allowed him the free pursuit of his scientific interests, his bibliophile tendencies, as well as an extensive patronage. His bibliophile estate is located in the John Rylands Library.

Scientific Christie stepped forth by the publication of an extensive and rich bibliography biography of the French humanist Etienne Dolet.

Students from the Universities Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds fought since 1886 every year in more than 30 sports at the Christie Cup, which, according to the Oxford - Cambridge duels as the second oldest university comparison among UK universities.

Works

• Étienne Dolet. The martyr of the Renaissance. A biography, London 1880, 1899, Nieuwkoop 1964 ( French: Étienne Dolet Le martyr de la renaissance Sa vie et sa mort, translated by Casimir Stryienski, Paris 1886, Geneva 1969.. )