Sir Richard Lodge (20 June 1855 – 2 June 1936) was a British

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. He was born at

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, Staffordshire, the fourth of eight sons and a daughter of Oliver Lodge (1826–1884), later a

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merchant at

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, Staffordshire, and his wife, Grace (née Heath) (1826–1879). His siblings included Sir

Oliver Lodge Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (12 June 1851 – 22 August 1940) was an English physicist whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation contributed to the development of Radio, radio communication. He identified electromagnetic radiation indepe ...

(1851–1940), physicist; Eleanor Constance Lodge (1869–1936), historian and principal of

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, London; and Alfred Lodge (1854–1937), mathematician. Lodge matriculated at

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, in 1874, graduating with a B.A. in 1877, and becoming a Fellow of

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in 1878. He was Professor of History at the

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from 1894 to 1899, and then Professor of History at the

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from 1899 to 1925. During his time at Edinburgh, he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the university and was a founder of the

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charity, which established houses for students and fellows to live amongst the poor of the city. He was a fellow of the

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and, in due course, became its president (1929–1933). He was knighted in 1917. Lodge died on 2 June 1936 aged 80; he was buried at

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Publications

Lodge’s many publications included a biography of

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in 1896. He also notably contributed in 1901 ''The Close of the Middle Ages 1273-1494'', Period III of Rivington's "Periods of European History" series, which ran to several editions.

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External links

Photographic portrait of Sir Richard Lodge at the National Portrait Gallery, London
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lodge, Richard 1855 births 1936 deaths People from Penkhull Knights Bachelor Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Academics of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Glasgow Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Presidents of the Royal Historical Society Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford Historians of the University of Oxford 19th-century British historians 20th-century British historians