John Andrew Doyle
John Andrew Doyle,
DL (14 May 1844 – 4 August 1907[1]) was an English historian, the son of Andrew Doyle, editor of The Morning Chronicle.[2][3]
He was educated at
Sir John Easthope, 1st Baronet
.
His principal work was The English Colonies in America, in five volumes, as follows: Virginia, Maryland and the Carolinas (1 volume, 1882), The Puritan Colonies (2 volumes, i886), The Middle Colonies (1 volume, 1907), and The Colonies under the House of Hanover (1 volume, 1907), the whole work dealing with the history of the colonies from 1607 to 1759. Doyle also wrote chapters i., ii., v. and vii. of volume vii. of the William Bradford's History of the Plimouth Plantation (1896) and the Correspondence of Susan Ferrier (1898).[4]
Doyle was appointed a
Wimbledon and Bisley. One of the earliest members of the kennel club, he bred and judged fox-terriers and was also an acknowledged expert on thoroughbred race horses.[3][5]
References
- ^ Obituary: Mr. J. A. Doyle., The Times, Wednesday, Aug 07, 1907; pg. 3; Issue 38405; col F
- ^ Addison, Henry Robert; Oakes, Charles Henry; Lawson, William John; Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton (1904). "DOYLE, John Andrew". Who's Who. Vol. 56. p. 432.
- ^ a b Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 521–522.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Doyle, John Andrew". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 462.
- ^ "John Andrew Doyle". The Times. London, England. 7 August 1907. p. 3.
- The London Gazette
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