John Pym Yeatman

John Pym Yeatman (born 1830) was a barrister and influential proponent of British Israelism.

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Life

Yeatman obtained a degree in law at Cambridge and later became a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he authored several successful works on law and history. His An Introduction to the Study of Early English History (1874) was widely read upon its release and received favourable reviews by historians.[1] He later turned to writing on British Israelism, which dew to his earlier literature success and membership of the Royal Historical Society won over many converts.[2]

Works

Law

The history of the Common Law of Great Britain and Gaul (1874)
An exposure of the mismanagement of the Public record office (1875)
Some observations upon the law of ancient demesne (1884)

History

An Introduction to the Study of Early English History (1874)
The early genealogical history of the House of Arundel (1882)
The Feudal History of the County of Derby (1886)
The history of the borough of Chesterfield (1890)

British Israelism

The Shemetic Origin of the Nations of Western Europe (1879)

See also

References

  1. ^ The Westminster review, Vol. 3, J. Chapman, 1875, p.258.
  2. ^ British Scholar, Eric Michael Reisenauer, Vol. I, Issue 1, 79-104, September 2008 [1]