Charles Firth (historian)

Sir Charles Harding Firth
FBA
Sir Charles Harding Firth FBA
Born	16 March 1857; Broom Spring House, Wilkinson Street, Ecclesall, Sheffield, England
Died	19 February 1936 (aged 78); Acland Hospital, Oxford, England
Resting place	Wolvercote, Oxford
Nationality	British
Education	Clifton College
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation	Historian
Known for	Works on the English Civil War and the Commonwealth
Title	Regius Professor of Modern History
Term	1904–1925
Predecessor	Frederick York Powell
Successor	Henry William Carless Davis

Sir Charles Harding Firth FBA (16 March 1857 – 19 February 1936) was a British historian. He was one of the founders of the Historical Association in 1906.^[1] Esmond de Beer wrote that Firth "knew the men and women of the seventeenth century much as a man knows his friends and acquaintances, not only as characters but also in the whole moral and intellectual world in which they lived."^[2]

^ Herbert Butterfield, "The History of the Historical Association" History Today (Jan 1956) 6#1 pp. 63–67.
^ E. S. de Beer, ed, The Diary of John Evelyn (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955), vol. 1., p. viii

[1] Herbert Butterfield, "The History of the Historical Association" History Today (Jan 1956) 6#1 pp. 63–67.

[2] E. S. de Beer, ed, The Diary of John Evelyn (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1955), vol. 1., p. viii

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Sir Charles Harding Firth FBA
Born	(1857-03-16)16 March 1857 Broom Spring House, Wilkinson Street, Ecclesall, Sheffield, England
Died	19 February 1936(1936-02-19) (aged 78) Acland Hospital, Oxford, England
Resting place	Wolvercote, Oxford
Nationality	British
Education	Clifton College
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Occupation	Historian
Known for	Works on the English Civil War and the Commonwealth
Title	Regius Professor of Modern History
Term	1904–1925
Predecessor	Frederick York Powell
Successor	Henry William Carless Davis