1905 Life and Letters of Mandell Creighton

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Illustrated, Leather Binding

Complete in two volumes. Sixth impression. Volume one is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, one photogravure plate, and six plates. Volume two is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, one photogravure plate, and one plate. Collated complete. A biographical study of Mandell Creighton, a British historian, Anglican priest and bishop. With examples of his personal correspondence. The son of a successful cabinet-maker in north-west England, Creighton studied at the University of Oxford, and was engaged as the founding editor of The English Historical Review, the first English-language academic journal in its field. Favoured by the Prince of Wales, Creighton was later appointed Bishop of London in 1897 until his death in 1901. Written by his wife, Louise Hume Creighton, a British author of books on historical and sociopolitical topics. She is best known as an activist for higher education of women at Oxford and their greater participation in society, including women's suffrage, and in the leadership of the Church of England. Bound by The Times Book Club.