Henry Fanshawe Tozer
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Henry Fanshawe Tozer was an English
writer, teacher, and traveler. After graduating from Exeter College, Oxford
, in 1850, he was tutor there from 1855 to 1893 and was also curator
of the Taylor Institution
(Oxford) from 1869 to 1893. His brother-in-law was Ernest Mason Satow
. He traveled much in Greece
and in European and Asiatic Turkey
, and besides editing various works, published:
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
writer, teacher, and traveler. After graduating from Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth oldest college of the University. The main entrance is on the east side of Turl Street...
, in 1850, he was tutor there from 1855 to 1893 and was also curator
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
of the Taylor Institution
Taylor Institution
The Taylor Institution comprises the buildings in Oxford which harbour the libraries dedicated to the study of the European Languages at Oxford University. It also includes lecture rooms used by the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford...
(Oxford) from 1869 to 1893. His brother-in-law was Ernest Mason Satow
Ernest Mason Satow
Sir Ernest Mason Satow PC, GCMG, , known in Japan as "" , known in China as "薩道義" or "萨道义", was a British scholar, diplomat and Japanologist....
. He traveled much in Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
and in European and Asiatic Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, and besides editing various works, published:
- The Highlands of Turkey (two volumes, 1869)
- Lectures on the Geography of Greece (1873)
- Primer of Classical Geography (1877)
- Turkish Armenia and Eastern Asia Minor (881)
- The Church and the Eastern Empire (1888)
- The Islands of the Ægean (1890)
- History of Ancient Geography (1897)
- An English Commentary on Dante's Divina CommediaThe Divine ComedyThe Divine Comedy is an epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. It is widely considered the preeminent work of Italian literature, and is seen as one of the greatest works of world literature...
(1901) - Translation of the Divina Commedia (1904)