John Bagnell Bury | |
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| Born | 16 October 1861 County Monaghan, Ireland |
| Died | 1 June 1927 (aged 65) Rome, Italy |
| Relatives | Robert Gregg Bury (brother), J. P. T. Bury (nephew) |
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| Education | Trinity College Dublin |
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| Notable students | Steven Runciman, Norman Baynes |
John Bagnell Bury FBA (UK: /ˈbʊərɪ/; 16 October 1861 – 1 June 1927) was an Anglo-Irish[1][2] historian, classical scholar, Medieval Roman historian and philologist. He objected to the label "Byzantinist" explicitly in the preface to the 1889 edition of his Later Roman Empire. He was Erasmus Smith's Professor of Modern History at Trinity College Dublin (1893–1902), before being Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow of King's College, Cambridge from 1902 until his death.
- ^ Brian Young, "History", in Mark Bevir, Historicism and the Human Sciences in Victorian Britain, 2017; ISBN 1107166683, p. 181
- ^ Bruce Karl Braswell, A Commentary on Pindar Nemean Nine, 1998; ISBN 3110161249, p. ix