Charles Lethbridge Kingsford
Charles Lethbridge Kingsford, FBA (25 December 1862 – 29 November 1926) was a scholarly English historian and author.
Biography
Kingsford was born on 25 December (
He was sent to Rossall School, and went up to St John's College, Oxford, as a scholar, and obtained honours in the classical schools and in modern history. In 1888 he was awarded the Arnold prize for an essay on "The Reformation in France", and in the following year he joined the editorial staff of the Dictionary of National Biography. In 1890 he was appointed an examiner in the Education Department, and was an assistant secretary from 1905 to 1912, when he resigned after internal reorganization made work less congenial.[1]
During the
Kingsford was vice-president of the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1920–23, Ford Lecturer in British History at Oxford, 1923–24, and a vice-president of the Royal Historical Society and the London Topographical Society. In 1924 he was elected a fellow of the British Academy.[3]
Kingsford was recognised at time of his death "as our greatest modern authority on the history of the late 15th century".
Death
Kingsford died after a sudden seizure at his home, 15 Argyll Road,
His obituary in The Times concluded: "To all his work he brought the scholarship of the true researcher, and by his patient ingenuity and insight he added materially to the sum of historical knowledge."[3]
Family
Kingsford married Alys, daughter of C. T. Hudson, LL.D., F.R.S.[3]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34329. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b Dictionary of National Biography, 1922–1930. Oxford University Press. 1931. p. 471.Article by J. Tait.
- ^ a b c d Times staff 1926.
- ^ "Review of Henry V by C. L. Kingsford". Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art. 93 (2431): 701. 31 May 1902.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 31. p. 702.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Times staff (29 November 1926). "Obituary: Mr. C. L. Kingsford". The Times. No. 44441. p. 14; col D.
External links
- Portraits of Charles Lethbridge Kingsford (1862-1926), Historian and topographer at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- 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), full text.
