John Knight Fotheringham

John Knight Fotheringham ( born August 14, 1874 in Tottenham, Middlesex, † December 12, 1936 in Cumnor Hill in Oxford ) was a British historian, specializing in the field of ancient astronomy and chronology. He set up the chronology of the Babylonian dynasties.

Fotheringham went through the City of London School and Merton College, Oxford, where he was an academic award (' exhibition ') and top marks in classical philology (, Literae Humaniores ') and received Modern History (1896 /97). From 1898 to 1902 he knew a kind of assistant professor (, demyship ') at Magdalen College. At that time he began. to study ancient chronology. In 1904 he was appointed as a lecturer in Classical Studies to the King's College London and taught there until 1915.

Fotheringham was a, Fellow at Magdalen College ( 1909-1916 ). He read about ancient history at the University of London ( 1912-1920 ). Later, the lecture was over ancient astronomy and chronology at the University of Oxford ( 1925-1936 ).

In 1923 he gave out Jerome's version of Eusebius ' Chronicles. In 1933 he became a member of the British Academy. He was also a member of the Royal Astronomical Society ( RAS).

Works (selection)

Fotheringham published a large number of journals and books. These include:

• The Bodleian Manuscript of Jerome 's Version of the Chronicle of Eusebius (ed.), The Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1905.
• The History of England, from Addington 's Administration to the close of William IV 's Reign 1801-1837, Volume XI, along with George Charles Brodrick, Longmans: London, 1906.
• Marco Sanudo, conqueror of the Archipelago, together with LRF Williams, The Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1915.
• Cleostratus, Clay: London 1920.
• Historical eclipses, Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1921.
• The calendar, London 1929.
• Ancient astronomy and chronology, in: The Oxford Magazine, Oxford 1930.