John Knight Fotheringham

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John Knight Fotheringham FBA (14 August 1874 – 12 December 1936) was a British historian who was an expert on ancient astronomy and chronology.[1][2][3] He established the chronology of the Babylonian dynasties.

J.K. Fotheringham was educated at the

modern history (1897). During 1898–1902, he held a senior demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford, and started to study ancient chronology.[4] In 1904, he was appointed a lecturer in classical literature at King's College London
and taught there until 1915.

Fotheringham was a Fellow at Magdalen College (1909–16). He was a Reader in ancient history at the University of London (1912–20). He was later Reader in ancient astronomy and chronology at the University of Oxford (1925–36).

J.K. Fotheringham edited

Eusebius' Chronicle in 1923.[1]
He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1933. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society.[4]

Selected books

Fotheringham published a number of papers and books,[5] including the following:[6]

  • The Bodleian Manuscript of Jerome's Version of the Chronicle of Eusebius, editor (Oxford:
    The Clarendon Press
    , 1905)
  • The History of England, from Addington's Administration to the Close of William IV's Reign 1801–1837, Volume XI, with
    Longmans
    , Green, 1906)
  • Marco Sanudo, conqueror of the Archipelago, with L.R.F. Williams (Oxford:
    The Clarendon Press
    , 1915)
  • Cleostratus (London: Clay, 1920)
  • Historical eclipses (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1921)
  • The calendar (London:
    H.M. Stationery Office
    , 1929)
  • Ancient astronomy and chronology (The Oxford Magazine, 1930)
  • Astronomical evidence for the date of the crucifixion

References

  1. ^ a b "John Knight Fotheringham", The Concise Dictionary of National Biography, Volume I: A–F, Oxford University Press, 1995.
  2. doi:10.1038/139788a0
    .
  3. ^ John L. Myres, "John Knight Fotheringham, 1874–1936". Proceedings of the British Academy, volume XXIII.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1093/mnras/97.4.270
    .
  5. S2CID 144770300
    .
  6. ^ John Knight Fotheringham, Open Library.

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