Prothero, Sir George Walter (1848–1922)
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Prothero's significant role in the professionalisation of the discipline encompassed both teaching, advocating instruction in methodological techniques, and the wider discipline, where he sought to promote cooperation between historians through institutions like the Royal Historical Society.
- Forenames:
- George Walter
- Surname:
- Prothero
- Title:
- Sir
- Dates:
- 1848–1922
- Institutions:
- British Academy
HM Foreign Office
Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society Bibliography
University of Edinburgh - Significant posts:
- Historical Advisor, Foreign Office
President, Royal Historical Society
Professor of History, University of Edinburgh
- Themes:
- Stuart history
Tudor history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- Obituaries:
- Times
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- G. W. Prothero, Select Statutes and other Documents Illustrative of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I (1894)
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
