Hilda Johnstone

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Hilda Johnstone FRHS (1882–1961) was a British historian, and one of the first female professors in the London university system.[1]

Life

Hilda Johnstone, born in 1882 to Herbert and Sarah Anne Johnstone, was educated at

Royal Holloway College, University of London. She retired in 1942.[3]

In retirement Johnstone became Honorary Archivist to the Bishop of Chichester, and Honorary Consultant on Ecclesiastical Archives to the Records Committee, West Sussex County Council.[4] She died in 1961.

Publications

  • State Trials of the Reign of Edward the First, 1289–1293 (London, 1906).
  • Oliver Cromwell and His Times ([1912])
  • A Hundred Years of History from Record and Chronicle, 1216–1327 (Longmans and Co., London, 1912).[5][6]
  • Stories of Greece and Rome (Longmans and Co., London, 1914)
  • "The Parliament of Lincoln of 1316",
    English Historical Review
    , 36/141 (1921), 53–57.
  • The Wardrobe and Household of Henry, Son of Edward I (University Press, Manchester, 1923)
  • Letters of Edward, Prince of Wales, 1304–1305 (Cambridge, 1931)
  • France: The Last Capetians (1932)
  • "The Eccentricities of Edward II",
    English Historical Review
    , 48/190 (1933), 264–267.
  • A Short History of England (P. Varadachary and Co., Madras, 1934)
  • English History for Beginners (P. Varadachary and Co., Madras, 1934)
  • The Place of the Reign of Edward II in English History (Manchester, 1936)
  • "The Chapel of St. Louis, Greyfriars, London",
    English Historical Review
    , 56/223 (1941), 447–450.
  • Edward of Carnarvon, 1284–1307 (Manchester University Press, 1946).[7][8]
  • Churchwardens' Presentments, 17th Century: Archdeaconry of Chichester (Sussex Record Society, Lewes, 1948)
  • Annals of Ghent (Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1951).[9][10] Reissued Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1985.
  • Alexander Hay: Historian of Chichester (Chichester, 1961)

References

  1. ^ Archive catalogue, Royal Holloway University of London, PP37: Papers of Professor Hilda Johnstone
  2. ^ 100 Years of Manchester High School for Girls, 1874–1974. Manchester: Manchester High School for Girls (compiled by K. L. Hilton); p. 39
  3. ^ 100 Years, p. 40
  4. ^ 100 Years, p. 40
  5. Scottish Historical Review
    , 9/35 (1912), 333–334.
  6. ^ Review by D. S. Muzzey in School Review, 21/7 (1913), 503–504
  7. English Historical Review
    , 63/248 (1948), 366–367.
  8. ^ Review by Barnaby C. Keeney in Speculum, 22/2 (1947), 279–281
  9. The Classical Review
    , New Series, 3/2 (1953), 130.
  10. ^ Reviewed by Bryce D. Lyon in Speculum, 28/3 (1953), 582–583.
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