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Name
  
Arthur Grant


Arthur James Grant

Died
  
May 24, 1948, Headingley, Leeds, United Kingdom

Education
  
King's College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Boston Grammar School

Books
  
Grant and Temperley's Europe in, Grant and Temperley's Europe in, Grant and Temperley's Europe in, French monarchy - 1483‑1789, Europe in the nineteent

Arthur James Grant (21 June 1862 in Farlesthorpe – 24 May 1948 in Headingley) was an English historian.

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Biography

Arthur James Grant was the son of Samuel Grant. He was educated at Boston Grammar School and King's College, Cambridge where he graduated BA in Classics in 1884. He became a University Extension lecturer.

In 1901 he married Edith Radford (1863-1929).

He is buried at St Chad's Church, Far Headingley, Leeds.

Academic career

Grant was appointed Professor of History at the Yorkshire College, Leeds, which became the University of Leeds in 1904. Upon his retirement from the professorship in 1927 a drypoint portrait was executed by the artist Malcolm Osborne From 1930 to 1932 he was Professor of Modern History at the University of Egypt, Cairo.

Works

  • Greece in the Age of Pericles, 1893
  • The French Monarchy (1483-1789), 1900
  • English Historians, 1906
  • (with H. V. Temperley) Europe in the Nineteenth Century, 1927
  • A History of Europe from 1494 to 1610, 1931
  • The Huguenots, 1935
  • References

    Arthur James Grant Wikipedia