Lecky Professor of History
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The Lecky Professorship of History, previously the Lecky Professorship of Modern History
is a chair at Trinity College, Dublin
.
The professorship was founded in 1913 in memory of William Edward Hartpole Lecky
, endowed by his widow.
Modern history
Modern history, or the modern era, describes the historical timeline after the Middle Ages. Modern history can be further broken down into the early modern period and the late modern period after the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution...
is a chair at Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and...
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The professorship was founded in 1913 in memory of William Edward Hartpole Lecky
William Edward Hartpole Lecky
William Edward Hartpole Lecky, OM was an Irish historian.-Early life:Born at Newtown Park, near Dublin, he was the eldest son of John Hartpole Lecky, a landowner....
, endowed by his widow.
List of Lecky Professors of History
- Walter Alison PhillipsWalter Alison PhillipsWalter Alison Phillips was an English historian, a specialist in the history of Europe in the 19th century. From 1914 to 1939 he was the first holder of the Lecky chair of History in Trinity College, Dublin. Most of his writing is in the name of W...
1914–1939. - Edmund Curtis 1939–1943
- A. J. Otway-Ruthven 1951-1980
- James Lydon 1980-1993
- I.S. Robinson 1993-present