Henry Francis Pelham

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Henry Francis Pelham (Berg Apton, Norfolk 10 September 1846 – 13 February 1907) was an English scholar and historian. He was the son of John Thomas Pelham (1811-1894), bishop of Norwich, third son of Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester.

He was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Oxford, where he took a first class in literae humaniores in 1869. He was a tutor of Exeter College from 1869 to 1890. In 1887 he became university reader in ancient history, and two years later was elected to the Camden professorship. He became curator of the Bodleian library in 1892, and in 1897 president of Trinity College. He was also a fellow of Brasenose College, honorary fellow of Exeter, a fellow of the British Academy and of other learned societies, and a governor of Harrow School.

His chief contribution to ancient history was his article on Roman history in the 9th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1886), which was republished with additions as the Outlines of Roman History (1890). His university lectures, though perhaps lacking in inspiration, were full of original research and learning. His death on 13 February 1907 not only prevented the publication in systematic form of his own important researches, but also delayed the appearance of much that had been left in manuscript by H. Furneaux and A. H. J. Greenidge, and was at the time under his charge. Apart from the Outline he published only The Imperial Domains and the Colonate (1890), The Roman Frontier System (1895), and articles in periodicals of which the most important was an article in the Quarterly Review on the early Caesars (April, 1905). He did much for the study of archaeology at Oxford, materially assisted the Hellenic Society and the British School at Athens, and was one of the founders of the British School at Rome. He married in 1873 Laura Priscilla, daughter of Sir Edward North Buxton.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

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The grave of Henry Francis Pelham in St Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford, with biography

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Preceded by Henry George Woods	President of Trinity College, Oxford 1897–1907	Succeeded by Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston

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Date of birth	10 September 1846
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Date of death	13 February 1907
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