John Lingard

John Lingard
John Lingard seated in chair holding a book
Born(1771-02-05)5 February 1771
St. Thomas Street, Winchester, England
Died17 July 1851(1851-07-17) (aged 80)
Academic work
DisciplineEnglish history
Institutions

John Lingard (5 February 1771 – 17 July 1851)[1] was an English Catholic priest and historian, the author of The History of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII, an eight-volume work published in 1819. Lingard was a teacher at the English College at Douai, and at the seminary at Crook Hall, and later St. Cuthbert's College. In 1811 he retired to Hornby in Lancashire to continue work on his writing.

  1. ^ "Peter Phillips, 'Lingard, John (1771–1851)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2008 (subscriber access only)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16727. Retrieved 22 May 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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