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Arthur Lionel Smith
Arthur Lionel Smith (1850 – 12 April 1924) was a British historian at the University of Oxford. Smith served as Master (college), Master of Balliol College, Oxford, from 1916 to 1924. Early life Smith was born in on 4 December 1850, the second son of the civil engineer William Henry Smith and his wife Alice Elizabeth Strutt, daughter of Jacob Strutt and his wife Elizabeth Byron. His widowed mother placed Arthur in Christ's Hospital at age six, before leaving the country. He was a student at Balliol College, Oxford from 1869 to 1874. On graduating, Smith became a Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. In 1876, he entered Lincoln's Inn. He was married in 1879. Career Smith left Trinity, and began to teach at Balliol, in 1879. He became a Fellow (college), Fellow there in 1882. He was Dean (college), Dean in 1907, and was Master (college), Master 1916–1924. In October 1907 Smith paid a visit to Ruskin College on behalf of a group of some of his university colleagues. He broache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sociology
Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociology was coined in the late 18th century to describe the scientific study of society. Regarded as a part of both the social sciences and humanities, sociology uses various methods of Empirical research, empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order and social change. Sociological subject matter ranges from Microsociology, micro-level analyses of individual interaction and agency (sociology), agency to Macrosociology, macro-level analyses of social systems and social structure. Applied sociological research may be applied directly to social policy and welfare, whereas Theory, theoretical approaches may focus on the understanding of social processes and phenomenology (sociology), phenomenologic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Dunlop Lindsay
Alexander Dunlop Lindsay, 1st Baron Lindsay of Birker, (14 May 1879 – 18 March 1952), known as Sandie Lindsay, was a Scottish academic and peer. Lindsay worked at a number of universities, beginning his career as a fellow in moral philosophy at the and as an assistant lecturer at . He then moved to |
James Leigh Strachan-Davidson
James Leigh Strachan-Davidson (; 22 October 1843 – 28 March 1916) was an English classical scholar, academic administrator, translator, and author of books on Roman history. He was Master of Balliol College, Oxford, from 1907 until his death in 1916. Early life James Leigh Strachan was born in Byfleet, Surrey, southern England, to James Strachan, a Scottish merchant, and Mary Anne Richardson. He was the eldest among three brothers and had a half-sister from his father's first marriage. His mother died while they were still children and his father remarried. In 1861, he and his father took the surname of Davidson when the family inherited a small estate in Ardgaith, Perthshire. Education and career Strachan-Davidson was enrolled at Leamington College at the age of eleven as day-boy. Though not considered to be a robust boy, he played cricket well enough to be a part of the college team. In 1862, he enrolled as a Warner Exhibitioner in Balliol College, Oxford, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Cairns (surgeon)
Sir Hugh William Bell Cairns (26 June 1896 – 18 July 1952) was an Australian neurosurgeon. For most of his life he lived in England. His concern about despatch rider injuries sparked research which led to increased use of motorcycle helmets. Early years and education Hugh Cairns was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, but spent his early childhood in Riverton, South Australia where he received all of his primary school education. He went to Adelaide for his secondary education at Adelaide High School and tertiary education at the University of Adelaide. He was awarded the 1917 South Australian Rhodes Scholarship and went to the University of Oxford to read Medicine. He was president of the Balliol Boat Club and represented Oxford at seven in the Boat Race of 1920. Career Cairns worked as a neurosurgeon at the London Hospital and with Harvey Cushing at Harvard before setting up the Nuffield Department of Surgery in Oxford, in which he became the first Nuffield Professor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Murray Wrong
Edward Murray Wrong (14 April 1889 – 15 February 1928) was a Canadian-born historian, vice-president of Magdalen College, Oxford (1924–25). Biography Known as Murray, he was the son of Canadian historian George MacKinnon Wrong, and of Sophia Hume Wrong, daughter of the politician Edward Blake. He was the brother of diplomat Humphrey Hume Wrong. He was educated at St Andrew's College, Toronto. Like all his siblings and his father, Wrong studied at the University of Toronto. He then proceeded to Balliol College, Oxford as a commoner, where he was tutored by A. L. Smith, and obtained first-class honours in modern history in 1913. In 1914, he was elected to a fellowship by examination at Magdalen College, Oxford, becoming the college's first Canadian fellow. In 1915, he was elected to the Beit Prize in Colonial History. Having been turned down for military service for health reasons, Wrong served as vice-principal of the Manchester School of Technology between 1916 and 1919 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam And Charles Black
A & C Black is a British book publishing company, owned since 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing. The company is noted for publishing ''Who's Who'' since 1849 and the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' between 1827 and 1903. It offers a wide variety of books in fiction and nonfiction, and has published popular travel guides, novels, and science books. History The firm was founded in 1807 by Charles and Adam Black in Edinburgh. In 1851, the company purchased the copyrights to Sir Walter Scott's ''Waverly'' novels for £27,000. The company moved to the Soho district of London in 1889. During the years 1827–1903 the firm published the seventh, eighth and ninth editions of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. This was purchased from Archibald Constable after his company's failure to publish the seventh edition of the encyclopedia. Adam Black retired in 1870 due to his disapproval of his sons' extravagant plans for its ninth edition. This edition, however, would sell half a million sets and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reader Bullard
Sir Reader William Bullard (5 December 1885 – 24 May 1976) was a British diplomat and author. Education Reader Bullard was born in Walthamstow, the son of Charles, a dock labourer, and Mary Bullard. He was educated at the Monoux School there and later at Bancroft's School, Woodford Green Woodford Green is an area of Woodford, London, Woodford in East London, England, within the London Borough of Redbridge. It adjoins Buckhurst Hill to the north, Woodford Bridge to the east, South Woodford to the south, and Chingford to the we ..., northeast London, and spent two years studying at Queens' College, Cambridge. He entered the Levant (Western Asia) Consul (representative), Consular Service of the Foreign Office in 1906. Career Bullard held various Diplomatic rank, diplomatic positions during his career: * 1920: Military Governor, Baghdad, Iraq * 1921: Middle East Department, Colonial Office * 1923–25: Consul, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia * 1925–28: Consul, Athens, Greece * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Oxford
North Oxford is a suburban part of the city of Oxford in England. It was owned for many centuries largely by St John's College, Oxford and many of the area's Victorian architecture, Victorian houses were initially sold on leasehold by the college. Overview The leafy roads of Woodstock Road (Oxford), Woodstock Road to the west and Banbury Road to the east (leading to Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Woodstock and Banbury respectively) run north-south through the area, meeting at their southern ends to become St Giles' Street, Oxford, St Giles. North Oxford is noted for its schools, especially its private schools. These include the Dragon School and Summer Fields (formerly Summerfield), which are Preparatory school (UK), preparatory schools, and St Edward's School, Oxford, St Edward's School and the Oxford High School (Oxford), Oxford High School for Girls, Wychwood School and d'Overbroeck's College which are secondary schools and St. Clare's, Oxford, an international sixth form college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crick Road
Crick Road is a road in North Oxford, England, an area characterised by large Victorian Gothic villas. Location At the western end is the Bradmore Road and at the eastern end is Fyfield Road. To the north is Norham Road and to the south are Norham Gardens and the University Parks. History and residents Houses in the road were first leased between 1876 and 1880. Architects include Willson Beasley, Frederick Codd, Galpin & Shirley, and Frederick R. Pike. The houses are mostly in pairs, with Jacobean as well as more traditional North Oxford Gothic detailing. In 1879, the school that was to become known as the Dragon School (previous known as the Oxford Preparatory School) moved from rooms at Balliol Hall in St Giles' to 17 Crick Road, which became known as "School House". The headmaster was initially A. E. Clarke and from 1886 Charles Cotterill Lynam (known as the "Skipper"). The school expanded and moved in 1895 to its current location at Bardwell Road, further north in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Hatton
Sir Ronald George Hatton, (6 July 1886 – 11 November 1965) was a British horticulturalist and pomologist. Life Hatton was born in Kilburn, London.''England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915'' His father Ernest Hatton was a barrister, and his maternal grandfather William Pearson a KC; his mother Amy was the sister of the biometrician Karl Pearson. Hatton attended Brighton College and later Exeter School, and in 1906 went up to Balliol College, Oxford, to read history; he took a fourth in 1910, and his BA in 1912. He went to work as a farm labourer, and in 1913 published a book, ''Folk of the Furrow'', written under the pen name "Christopher Holdenby". From 1912 he studied agriculture at the South-Eastern Agricultural College at Wye in Kent. In 1914 the Fruit Experimental Station of the college became the East Malling Research Station; when the director left for the First World War, Hatton became acting director. He was made director in 1918. In 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some theorists categorize history as a social science, while others see it as part of the humanities or consider it a hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical, to learn lessons from the past. In a more general sense, the term ''history'' refers not to an academic field but to the past itself, times in the past, or to individual texts about the past. Historical research relies on Primary source, primary and secondary sources to reconstruct past events and validate interpretations. Source criticism is used to evaluate these sources, assessing their authenticity, content, and reliability. Historians strive to integrate the perspectives o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
