Mr Edward Augustus Freeman par Barraug

Photographie originale / Original photograph

Publication Date: 1900

About this Item

Photographie,Vintage Print, Edward Augustus Freeman (2 August 1823 ? 16 March 1892) was an English historian, architectural artist, liberal politician during the late-19th-century heyday of William Gladstone, and a one-time candidate for Parliament. He held the position of Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, where he tutored Arthur Evans; later he and Evans would be activists in the Balkan uprising of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1874?1878) against the Ottoman Empire. After the marriage of his daughter Margaret to Evans, he and Evans collaborated on the fourth volume of his History of Sicily. He was a prolific writer, publishing 239 distinct works.[1] One of his best known is History of the Norman Conquest (published 1867?1876). Both he and Margaret died before Evans purchased the land from which he would excavate the Palace of Knossos. // Circa 1900 // Photoglyptie // Format (cm): 18x25.

Seller Inventory # MI5206

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mr Edward Augustus Freeman par Barraug
• Publication Date: 1900
• Seller catalogs:
  • Divers XIXe
  • Photoglyptie