Firth, Sir Charles Harding (1857–1936)
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A historian of the 17th century, Firth both discovered and edited new sources and produced seminal works on Cromwell and the New Model Army. He was also president of both the Royal Historical Society and the Historical Association and an exponent of the need for research training for historians.
- Forenames:
- Charles Harding
- Surname:
- Firth
- Title:
- Sir
- Dates:
- 1857–1936
- Institutions:
- British Academy
Dictionary of National Biography
Historical Association
Historical Manuscripts Commission
Royal Historical Society
University of Oxford (All Souls College) - Significant posts:
-
President, Historical Association
President, Royal Historical Society
Regius Chair of Modern History, University of Oxford (All Souls College) - Influences:
- Gardiner, Samuel Rawson
Stubbs, William - Contemporaries:
- Ashley, William James
Lee,Sidney
Poole, Reginald Lane
Round, John Horace
Tout, Thomas Frederick - Themes:
- Seventeenth century
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Obituaries:
- Times
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- C. H. Firth, Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of the Puritans in England (London, 1900)
- C. H. Firth, Cromwell's Army (London, 1905)
Other reading
- Doris S. Goldstein, 'The organizational development of the British historical profession 1884–1921', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 55 (1982), 180–93
