James Anthony Froude

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English writer biographer essayist historian human

James Anthony Froude was a 19th-century English historian, biographer, and essayist known for his controversial writings on British history, empire, and religion.

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instanceOf English writer ⓘ
biographer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1818-04-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1894-10-20 ⓘ
describedBySource Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
educatedAt Oriel College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westminster School NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Robert Hurrell Froude ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
essay ⓘ
history ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Victorian era ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableFor controversial interpretations of Tudor history ⓘ
criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
debates on Irish history and policy ⓘ
writings on the British Empire ⓘ
notableWork History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada ⓘ
Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies ⓘ
Short Studies on Great Subjects ⓘ
The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century ⓘ
The Nemesis of Faith ⓘ
occupation biographer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Dartington ⓘ
Devon ⓘ
England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Devon ⓘ
England ⓘ
Kingsbridge ⓘ
positionHeld Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Robert Hurrell Froude ⓘ
surface form: Richard Hurrell Froude
spouse Charlotte Maria Grenfell ⓘ
Margaret Froude ⓘ
workLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Oxford ⓘ

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Froude Report on Jamaican governance → author → James Anthony Froude ⓘ
Froude Report on Jamaican governance → namedAfter → James Anthony Froude ⓘ