Thomas Andrew Archer, M.A.Oxon. (1853– 1905) was an

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historian of the

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Biography

Archer was baptised on 18 October 1853 in

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. He matriculated at the

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in February 1876 and graduated there B.A. in 1880. He contributed over 100 articles to the ''

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'', 5 articles to the ''

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'', and articles to learned journals such as the ''

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''. With

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he published in 1894 a book on the Crusades as part of the "History of the Nations" published by T. Fisher Unwin.

References

External links

*T. A. Archer and Charles L. Kingsford. ''The Crusades: The Story of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem''. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York & T. Fisher Unwin, London (1894)
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