Round, John Horace (1854–1928)

Round was one of the first historians to introduce modern standards of historical scholarship to the profession, both as a pioneer in the study of the records of English medieval government and in his local history work for the Victoria County History. He was also a keen genealogist.

Forenames:

John Horace

Surname:

Round

Dates:

1854–1928

Institutions:

English Historical Review
Victoria County History

Influences:

Stubbs, William

Contemporaries:

Firth, Charles Harding
Freeman, Edward Augustus
Maitland, Frederick William
Tout, Thomas Frederick

Themes:

Family history
Medieval history

Biographies:

Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Obituaries:

Times

Bibliography

• Bibliography from Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)

Personal papers

• National Register of Archives

Significant publications

• J. H. Round, Geoffrey de Mandeville (London, 1892)
• J. H. Round, Feudal England (London, 1892)

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