Edgar Sanderson (1838–1907) was an English cleric, schoolteacher and historical writer.

Life

Born at

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ...

on 25 January 1838, he was son of Edgar Sanderson by his wife Eliza Rumsey; his father owned a lace-factory in Nottingham, and later kept schools at

Stockwell Stockwell is a district located in South London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. It is situated south of Charing Cross. History The name Stockwell is likely to have originated from a local well, with "stoc" being Old Englis ...

and

Streatham Common Streatham Common is a large open space on the southern edge of Streatham in the London Borough of Lambeth. The shallow sloping lower (western) half of the common is mostly mowed grass, and the upper (eastern) half is mostly woodland with some ...

. The younger Sanderson was educated at the

City of London School The City of London School, also known as CLS and City, is a Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day school for Single-sex education, boys in the City of London, England, on the banks of the River Thames next to the Millennium Bridge, ...

and at

Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the Unive ...

from 1856, where he won a scholarship. He graduated B.A. in 1860, proceeding M.A. in 1866. After holding a mastership at King's Lynn grammar school, Sanderson was ordained deacon in 1862 and priest in 1863. At first curate of

St. Dunstan's, Stepney St Dunstan's, Stepney, is an Anglican church located in Stepney High Street, Stepney, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The church is believed to have been founded, or re-founded, in AD 952 by St Dunstan, the patron saint of bell ringers, ...

, while master of Stepney grammar school, he held successively curacies at Burcombe-cum-Broadway in

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

(with a mastership at Weymouth school), and at

Chieveley Chieveley is a village and large civil parish centred north of Newbury, Berkshire, Newbury in Berkshire, close to the M4 motorway and A34 road (England), A34 road. Chieveley services are within the parish. Geography A map of 1877 gave the ...

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; abbreviated ), officially the Royal County of Berkshire, is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London ...

. From 1870 to 1873 Sanderson was headmaster of Stockwell grammar school; from 1873 to 1877 of Macclesfield grammar school; and from 1877 to 1881 of

Huntingdon grammar school Huntingdon is a market town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. The town was given its town charter by King John in 1205. It was the county town of the historic county of Huntingdonshire. Oliver Cromwell was born there ...

. Subsequently, Sanderson lived at Streatham Common, writing educational manuals and popular historical works. He died at 23 Barrow Road, Streatham Common, on 31 December 1907, and was buried at

Norwood cemetery West Norwood Cemetery is a rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery. One of the first private landscaped cemeteries in London, it is one of the " Magnificent Seven" cemeteries of L ...

Works

The British Empire in the nineteenth century Volume VI

Sanderson's major works, which sold well, were: * ''History of the British Empire'', 1882; 20th edit. 1906. A handbook. * ''Outlines of the World's History, Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern'', 1885, issued both in four parts and in one volume; revised edit. 1910. * ''History of the World from the Earliest Historical Time to 1898'', 1898. * ''The British Empire in the 19th Century: its Progress and Expansion at Home and Abroad'', 6 vols. 1898-9 (with engravings and maps); reissued in 1901 as ''The British Empire at Home and Abroad''. * ''King Edward VII: His Life & Reign. The Record of a Noble Career'', 6 vols. posthumously published 1910; completed by

Lewis Melville Lewis Saul Benjamin (pen name, Lewis Melville; 1874–1932) was an English author, born into a Jewish familyWilliam D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein, ''The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History'', Palgrave Macmillan (201 ...

Family

Sanderson married in 1864 Laetitia Jane, elder daughter of Matthew Denycloe, surgeon, of

Bridport Bridport is a market town and civil parish in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the River Asker, Asker. Its origins are Anglo-Saxons, Saxon and it has a long history as a ...

. She died in October 1894, leaving two sons and four daughters.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanderson, Edgar 1838 births 1907 deaths 19th-century English Anglican priests Schoolteachers from Nottinghamshire 19th-century English historians