Stubbs, William

William (1825-), a noted British historian. He was graduated at Oxford in 1848. Much of his subsequent life is connected in one capacity or another with the University of Oxford. Stubbs was an untiring student of the early history of England. He dug into the records of Canterbury and into the chronicles of the reigns of the earlier kings. He published numerous works. His reputation rested chiefly on The Constitutional History of England in It s Origin and Development. Another important piece of work was an edition of Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History. To American students Stubbs is the historian of the English constitution.