John Knight Fotheringham FBA (14 August 1874 – 12 December 1936) was a British historian who was an expert on ancient

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, 1995. He established the chronology of the Babylonian dynasties. J.K. Fotheringham was educated at the

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and Merton College, Oxford, where he held an exhibition and received

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s in Literae Humaniores (1896) and modern history (1897). During 1898–1902, he held a senior

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at Magdalen College, Oxford, and started to study ancient chronology. In 1904, he was appointed a lecturer in classical literature at King's College London and taught there until 1915. Fotheringham was a Fellow at Magdalen College (1909–16). He was a Reader in ancient history at the

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(1912–20). He was later Reader in ancient astronomy and chronology at the

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(1925–36). J.K. Fotheringham edited

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's version of

Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Chris ...

' Chronicle in 1923. He was elected a Fellow of the

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in 1933. He was also a Fellow of the

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Selected books

Fotheringham published a number of papers and books, including the following:John Knight Fotheringham

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The Bodleian Manuscript of Jerome's Version of the Chronicle of Eusebius
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, 1905) * ''The History of England, from Addington's Administration to the Close of William IV's Reign 1801–1837'', Volume XI, with

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, conqueror of the Archipelago'', with L.R.F. Williams (Oxford:

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'' (London: Clay, 1920) * ''Historical eclipses'' (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1921) * ''The calendar'' (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1929) * ''Ancient astronomy and chronology'' (

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, 1930) * '' Astronomical evidence for the date of the crucifixion''

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Obituaries of John Knight Fotheringham (1874–1936)
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