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Palgrave (SIR FRANCIS English historian)

SIR FRANCIS, English historian; born in London, England, in 1788. He was a Jew, and his original name was Cohen, which he changed to Palgrave on embracing Christianity in 1823. He was called to the bar in 1827, and made himself known by his edition of the "Parliamentary Writs from 1273 to 1327" (1827-1834); "History of England" (1831); "Rise and Progress of the Commonwealth" (1832).

In 1832 he was knighted. His other works include "Truths and Fictions of the Middle Ages" (1844); "Reports of the Deputy-Keeper of the Public Records" (1840- 1861); and "History of Normandy and England" (1851-1860). He died in Hampstead, July 6, 1861.