Thomas Hodgkin (29 July 1831 – 2 March 1913),
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, son of John Hodgkin (1800-1875), barrister and
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, and Elizabeth Howard (daughter of
Luke HowardLuke Howard was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science...
).
In 1861 he married Lucy Ann (1841–1934) (daughter of
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who created
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and Sarah, born Lloyd, his wife). They had three sons and three daughters .
Having been educated as a member of the Society of Friends and taken the degree of B.A.
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Thomas Hodgkin (29 July 1831 – 2 March 1913),
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
historianAn historian is an individual who studies and writes about history, and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all events in time...
, son of John Hodgkin (1800-1875), barrister and
Quaker ministerA Recorded Minister was originally a male or female Quaker who was acknowledged to have a gift of spoken ministry.The practice of recording, in a Monthly Meeting Minute, the acknowledgement that a Friend had a gift of spoken ministry began in the 1730s in London Yearly Meeting, according to...
, and Elizabeth Howard (daughter of
Luke HowardLuke Howard was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science...
).
In 1861 he married Lucy Ann (1841–1934) (daughter of
Alfred FoxAlfred Fox, of Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, was owner and developer of Glendurgan Garden, now a National Trust property. He was a member of the Quaker Fox family of Falmouth.-Business interests:...
who created
Glendurgan GardenGlendurgan Garden is a National Trust garden situated above the Helford River in Mawnan Smith, North Falmouth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
and Sarah, born Lloyd, his wife). They had three sons and three daughters .
Having been educated as a member of the Society of Friends and taken the degree of B.A. at the
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, he became a partner in the banking house of Hodgkin, Barnett, Pease and Spence, Newcastle-on-Tyne, a firm afterwards amalgamated with
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.
While continuing in business as a banker, Hodgkin devoted a good deal of time to historical study, and soon became a leading authority on the history of the early
Middle AgesThe Middle Ages of European history is a period of European history covering roughly a millennium in the 5th century through 16th centuries. More specific starting and ending points are sometimes adopted by scholars to suit their respective specializations or current focus...
, his books being indispensable to all students of this period.
He died on 2 March 1913. His and the Hodgkin family papers are held at the Wellcome Library in London
Publications
His chief works are:
- Italy and her Invaders (8 vols., Oxford, 1880-1899)
- The Dynasty of Theodosius
Flavius Theodosius , also called Theodosius I and Theodosius the Great , was Roman Emperor from 379 to 395. Reuniting the eastern and western portions of the empire, Theodosius was the last emperor of both the Eastern and Western Roman Empire...
(Oxford, 1889)
- Theodoric the Goth
Theodoric the Great , was king of the Ostrogoths , ruler of Italy , regent of the Visigoths , and a viceroy of the Roman Empire...
(London, 1891)
- An introduction to the Letters of Cassiodorus
Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator , commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman statesman and writer, serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. Senator was part of his surname not his rank....
: being a condensed translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus, Senator (London, 1886).
He also wrote a
Life of Charles the Great (London, 1897);
Life of George Fox (Boston, 1896); and the opening volume of
Longman's Political History of England (London, 1906).
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