Letters from H. Spenser Wilkinson

Scope and Content

  • /1 28 Jan 1901, Scholarly: Historical Essays,'Napoleon thefirst phase'.
  • /2-8 30 Aug 1901 -9 Jan 1902 , Scholarly: HistoricalEssays.
  • /9 12 Jan 1902, accepts invitation.
  • /10 31 May 1902, Academic: Victoria University.
  • /11 21 Sep 1905, Personal.
  • /12 21 Jun 1906, Personal: Bequest to Freeman Library.
  • /13 22 Dec 1907, Personal.
  • /14 18 Mar 1908, Personal.
  • /15 31 May 1909, Academic: University of Oxford Chichele chair of military history. C.H.Firth.
  • /16 19 Sep 1909, Personal/Academic: University of Manchester military history.
  • /17 3 Oct 1909, Academic: University of Oxford, election to chair of modern history.
  • /18 25 Mar 1916, Personal.
  • /19 26 May 1910, Academic: University of Manchester lectures in military history.
  • /20 11 Jan 1912, Academic: Historical Association. T F Tout's illness.
  • /21 4 Jun 1914, Personal: Thanks for Edward II
  • /22 9 Feb 1916, Personal: Death of son.
  • /23 4 Jan 1918, Personal: Mark Hovell, The Chartistmovement.
  • /24 22 May 1918, Scholarly: Learners as Leaders.
  • /25 24 Jun 1921, Academic. University chair of Modern History. H.W.C. Davis.
  • /26 27 Jun 1921, Academic: University of Manchester chair of modern history H.W.C. Davis.Ernest Barker. C.G. Robertson.
  • /27 8 Feb 1922, Personal: Thanks for France and England.Donald Atkinson.
  • /28 16 Jul 1922, Personal: Margaret Tout.
  • /29 12 Feb 1926, Personal.

Administrative / Biographical History

Henry Spenser Wilkinson (1853-1937), historian and journalist, history student at Owens College,Chichele professor of military history at the University of Oxford 1909-1923.