Name Index

To

Exeter

Historic Towns Series, (1887). London: Longmans, Green & Co., xiii; 255 pp.

by

E.A. Freeman

Prepared by Michael Steer

Edward Augustus Freeman (1823 - 1892) was a historian, architectural artist, and liberal politician during the late-19th-century heyday of William Gladstone, and a one-time candidate for Parliament. He held the position of Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. He was a prolific writer, publishing 239 distinct works, one of which was this history of Devon's ancient capital city. He was made D.C.L. of Oxford and LL.D. of Cambridge honoris causa, and when he visited the United States on a lecture tour was well received at various institutions of learning. He was, for a time, a non-resident professor at Cornell University. Freeman advanced the study of history in England in two directions: by insistence on the unity of history, and by teaching the importance and right use of primary sources. Politics was at the core, for he often said, "History is past politics and politics present history. This rare and much sought-after book was produced digitally by Google from a copy in the University of Virginia Library collection and can be downloaded from HathiTrust. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.