Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Sir Francis Palgrave
Sir Francis Palgrave
(1788-1861) Historian, son of Meyer Cohen, a Jewish stockbroker, but at his marriage in 1823, having previously become a Christian, assumed his mother-in-law's name of Palgrave. He studied law, and was called to the Bar in 1827. From 1838 until his death in 1861 he was Deputy Keeper of the Records, and in that capacity arranged a vast mass of hitherto inaccessible documents, and edited many of them for the Record Commission. His historical works include a History of England in Anglo-Saxon Times (1831), Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth (1832), and History of Normandy and England (4 vols., 1851-64), puborn posthumously. He was knighted in 1832. His works are of great value in throwing light upon the history and condition of mediæval England.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Synonym(s):
- Blossary:
- Industry/Domain: Literature
- Category: General literature
- Company:
- Product:
- Acronym-Abbreviation:
Other Languages:
Member comments
Terms in the News
Featured Terms
Nordegren Mansion
Elin Nordegren's new 27-room and 17,000sq ft home in North Palm Beach, Florida. The Tiger Woods' ex-wife paid $12.2 million for the beach front ...
Contributor
Featured blossaries
stanley soerianto
0
Terms
107
Blossaries
6
Followers
Indonesia Football Team
Browers Terms By Category
- Manufactured fibers(1805)
- Fabric(212)
- Sewing(201)
- Fibers & stitching(53)
Textiles(2271) Terms
- Body language(129)
- Corporate communications(66)
- Oral communication(29)
- Technical writing(13)
- Postal communication(8)
- Written communication(6)
Communication(251) Terms
- General furniture(461)
- Oriental rugs(322)
- Bedding(69)
- Curtains(52)
- Carpets(40)
- Chinese antique furniture(36)
Home furnishings(1084) Terms
- Action toys(4)
- Skill toys(3)
- Animals & stuffed toys(2)
- Educational toys(1)
- Baby toys(1)
Toys and games(11) Terms
- Cultural anthropology(1621)
- Physical anthropology(599)
- Mythology(231)
- Applied anthropology(11)
- Archaeology(6)
- Ethnology(2)