Gaillard Thomas Lapsley (1871–1949) was an American constitutional historian and fellow of

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, 1904–1949. A brass plaque dedicated to Lapsley's memory can be found in Trinity College Chapel. He graduated from

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in 1893.

Selected publications

*''The county palatine of Durham: A study in constitutional history''. Longmans Green, New York, 1900. *''The America of today, being lectures delivered at the local lectures summer meeting of the University of Cambridge, 1918''. University Press, Cambridge, 1919. *"The Parliamentary title of Henry IV", ''

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'', XLIX (1934). *''Some recent advance in English constitutional history: (before 1485)''. University Press, Cambridge, 1936. *''Crown, community, and Parliament in the later Middle Ages; studies in English constitutional history.'' Blackwell, Oxford, 1951. ( Oxford Studies in Mediaeval History, Vol. 6.)

References

1871 births 1949 deaths Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge American Episcopalians American historians Harvard University alumni {{US-historian-stub