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THOMAS HODGKIN (1831- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 557 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:HODGKIN (1831- )  , See also:British historian, son of See also:John See also:Hodgkin (1800-1875), See also:barrister, was See also:born in See also:London on the 29th of See also:July 1831 . Having been educated as a member of the Society of See also:Friends and taken the degree of B.A. at London University, he became a partner in the banking See also:house of Hodgkin, See also:Barnett & Co., See also:Newcastle-on-See also:Tyne, a See also:firm afterwards amalgamated with Lloyds' See also:Bank . While continuing in business as a banker, Hodgkin devoted a See also:good See also:deal of See also:time to See also:historical study, and soon became a leading authority on the See also:history of the See also:early See also:middle ages, his books being indispensable to all students of this See also:period . His See also:chief See also:works are, See also:Italy and her Invaders (8 vols., See also:Oxford, 1880-1899); The See also:Dynasty of See also:Theodosius (Oxford, 1889); See also:Theodoric the Goth (London, 1891); and an introduction to the Letters of See also:Cassiodorus (London, 1886) . He also wrote a See also:Life of See also:Charles the See also:Great (London, 1897); Life of See also:George See also:Fox (See also:Boston, 1896); and the opening See also:volume of Longman's See also:Political History of See also:England (London, 1906) .

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