Henry Hallam

Henry Hallam ( born July 9, 1777 Windsor ( Berkshire ), † 21 January 1859 in Hurst pick today London) was an English historian.

Hallam received his first education at Eton, studied at Oxford and London, settled permanently in the latter city down, the Whigs joined them and found access to the most brilliant Whig circles of that time.

Under the Whigregierung he was briefly Auditor- Commissioner and then a curator at the British Museum. He was at the Edinburgh Review from 1805 employees. He spent his last years withdrawn to pick Hurst, where he died on 21 January 1859.

As a historian to Hallam was marked by thorough research and sharp view, and by non-party representation and classic style.

Works

• View of the state of Europe falling on the middle ages ( London. 1818, 2 vols, new ed 1884; . German by F. von Halem, Leipz 1820, 2 vols ), supplemented by
• Supplemental notes (1848 ), a work that won just by thoroughness of research and sharpness of judgment by such wealth of ideas and classic style; Furthermore, the excellent
• Constitutional history of England from the accession of Henry VII to the death of George II (London 1827, 2 vols; latest Ed 1878; German of Rüder, Leipzig 1828-29 ) and the
• Introduction to the literature of Europe in the XV. , XVI. and XVII. centuries ( 1837-39, 4 vols; latest ed 1882).

1825 founded Hallam. with Brougham, Mackintosh, John Russell, Althorp including the Society for dissemination of useful knowledge among the people.

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• Historian
• Research Fellow of the British Museum
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• English
• Born in 1777
• Died in 1859
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