Freeman
EDWARD AUGUSTUS, an English historian; born in Harborne, in Staffordshire, Aug. 2, 1823; was appointed Professor History at Oxford, 1884. The principal of his very numerous works are: "History and Conquests of the Saracens " (1856); "History of the Norman Conquest of England" (6 vols. 1867-1879); "General Sketch of Euro- English Constitution" (1872); "Reign of Hi History" (1872); "Growth of the William Rufus and Accession of Henry I." (2 vols. 1882); "Fifty Years of European History" (1888). At the time of his death he was engaged on a great "History of Sicily, " of which four volumes have been published. Among his miscel- : "Lectures to American Audiences" ( 1882) and "Some Impressions of the United States" (1883).
He was a fiery and unvarying champion of national freedom. He died in Alicante, in Spain, March 16, 1892.