English Historical Review
Lord Acton, one of the founders of the EHR
First published in 1886, the English Historical Review is the oldest journal of historical scholarship in the English-speaking world. Its establishment was a key part of the professionalisation of the discipline in Britain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, alongside the setting up of the Royal Historical Society, the British Academy, the Historical Association and later the Institute of Historical Research. The creation of the journal was the culmination of 20 years of negotiations, with James Bryce as the main instigator and Mandell Creighton as the first editor.
- Publisher:
- Oxford Journals
- Website:
- http://ehr.oxfordjournals.org/
- Historians:
- Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg
Round, John Horace
Tait, James
Tout, Thomas Frederick - Institutions:
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British Academy
Historical Association
Institute of Historical Research
Royal Historical Society
- Themes:
- Professionalisation
Other Articles
- Alon Kadish, 'Scholarly exclusiveness and the foundation of the English Historical Review', Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, 61 (1988), 183–98.
