Edward Potts Cheyney, A.M., LL.D. (1861–1947) was an American historical and economic writer, born at

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. He graduated from the

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in 1883. He visited

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universities and studied at the

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. He was elected as a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1904. The University of Pennsylvania conferred the degree of

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on him in 1911. His writings were employed as college textbooks. They include: * ''Social Changes in England in the Sixteenth Century'' (1896) * ''Social and Industrial History of England'' (1901) * ''Short History of England'' (1904) * ''European Background of American History'' (1904) * ''Readings in English History'' (1908) * ''A History of England, from the Defeat of the Armada to the Death of Elizabeth'' (two volumes; volume i, 1914)

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1861 births 1947 deaths People from Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania Historians from Pennsylvania Presidents of the American Historical Association University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni Economists from Pennsylvania Members of the American Philosophical Society {{US-historian-stub