Froude
JAMES ANTHONY (fröd), an English historian; born in Dartington, Devonshire, England, April 23, 1818. In the beginning of the Tractarian controversy he was a close friend of Newman, and was a contributor to the "Lives of the English Saints." He took orders in the Anglican Church (1844). Among his works may be mentioned: "Luther: A Short Biography" (1833); "Shadows of a Cloud" (1847); "Nemesis of Faith" (1848) ; "History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth" (12 vols. 1850- 1870); "Influence of the Reformation on the Scottish Character" (1867); "The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century" (3 vols. 1872); "Cæsar: A Sketch" (1879); "Thomas Carlyle" (1882); "Spanish Story of the Armada" (1892). He was the successor of Edward A. Freeman in the Professorship of Modern History at Oxford. He died in London, Oct. 20, 1894.