Norman Hepburn Baynes (1877–1961) was a 20th-century British historian of the

Byzantine Empire The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...

Career

Baynes was Professor of Byzantine History at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

(UCL) from 1931 until 1942. He was given the title of Emeritus Professor in 1943 and Doctor of Literature ''honoris causa'' in 1951. His work included two fully annotated volumes of Hitler's pre-war speeches.Jarndyce Catalogue, Norman H. Baynes: ''The World Wars: in Fact and Fiction'', Bloomsbury, London, 2021, item 5.

Death and after

In his will, Baynes made a bequest to UCLm which established 'The Norman Hepburn Baynes Prize' in 1961. The biennial prize is awarded in respect of "an essay on some aspect of history, including art, religion and thought of the Mediterranean lands within the period from 400BC to 1453AD".

Selected published works

*''Intellectual liberty and totalitarian claim''. The Romanes lecture for 1942 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1942) *'' The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, 1922-1939''. Ed. Norman H. Baynes, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1942) *''Byzantium: An Introduction to East Roman Civilization''. Ed. Norman H. Baynes and H. St. L. B. Moss. (Oxford: Clarendon, 1948; Oxford Paperbacks, 1961). A collection of signed articles by authorities; good bibliography. *''Constantine the Great and the Christian Church''. Norman H Baynes. (1972) Second Edition, Raleigh Lecture, with a preface by Henry Chadwick.

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External links

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List of works at openlibrary.org
1877 births 1961 deaths Academics of University College London British Byzantinists Fellows of the British Academy Scholars of Byzantine history Presidents of The Roman Society {{UK-historian-stub