H. W. C. Davis | |
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Born | Ebley, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom | 13 January 1874
Died | 28 June 1928 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom | (aged 54)
Education | Weymouth College |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Occupation | Historian |
Known for | Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography |
Title | Regius Professor of Modern History |
Term | 1925–1928 |
Predecessor | Charles Harding Firth |
Successor | Maurice Powicke |
Henry William Carless Davis CBE FBA (13 January 1874 – 28 June 1928) was a British historian, editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, and Oxford Regius Professor of Modern History.