James Anthony Froude
Controversial historian and biographer of the Victorian era
His scandalous 1849 novel The Nemesis of Faith was publicly burned in Oxford, and Froude was forced to resign his fellowship.[1] In 1861 he became editor of Fraser's Magazine, retaining the post for fourteen years.[2] Froude was appointed Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford in 1892, succeeding Edward Augustus Freeman.[3] By the time he was three, consumption had killed his mother and five of his siblings, resulting in what biographer Herbert Paul termed a "loveless, cheerless boyhood" spent with his father and brother Richard.[2]
Raised within the Anglo-Catholic Oxford Movement, Froude initially planned to become a clergyman, but his doubts about Anglican doctrines led him to abandon that career path.[2]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 23 April 1818
- Birthplace
- Dartington Rectory, Devon, England
- Died
- 20 October 1894
- Place of death
- Woodcot, Kingsbridge, Devon, England
- Resting place
- Shadycombe Cemetery, Salcombe, Devon
- Education
- Oriel College, Oxford
- Occupation
- Historian
- Term
- 1892–1894
Facts from the source article.
What the cited sources add
Froude's 1880 two-part article in the North American Review characterized the Irish as savage and poor, necessitating British rule.[4] John Lancaster Spalding responded by describing Froude's article as pseudohistory and error-ridden.[4] In 1903, Froude's daughters published My Relations with Carlyle, in which Froude speculated that Carlyle's marriage was unconsummated due to impotence.[5] James Crichton-Browne disputed this in "Froude and Carlyle: The Imputation Considered Medically" in The British Medical Journal.[5]
The term "Froudacity" was coined by Afro-Trinidadian intellectual John Jacob Thomas in response to Froude's travel writings.[2]
References
- Wikipedia, "James Anthony Froude" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Paul 1906, p. 110; Willey 1956, p. 131; Ashton 1989, p. 76; Paul 1906, p. 110 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James Anthony Froude" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Paul 1906, p. 110 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James Anthony Froude" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Paul 1906, p. 110; Berresford Ellis 2009; ; Paul 1906, p. 110; Paul 1906, p. 110 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James Anthony Froude" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Froude, "Romanism and the Irish Race in the United States. Part I", The North American Review, 1879, p. 519–536; Froude, "Romanism and the Irish Race in the United States. Part II", The North American Review, 1880, p. 31–50; Spalding, "Mr. Froude's Historical Method", The North American Review, 1880, p. 280–299 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "James Anthony Froude" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Cumming 2004, p. 184; Broughton 1997, p. 503; Crichton-Browne, "Froude And Carlyle. The Imputation Considered Medically", The British Medical Journal, 1903, p. 1498–1502; Cumming 2004, p. 184; Cumming 2004, p. 184 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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