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James Bryce Vol. 1
224 pages, Hardcover
First published February 24, 1973
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H.A.L. Fisher
97 books22 followersHerbert Albert Laurens Fisher OM PC FRS, was English historian, educator, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Board of Education in David Lloyd George's 1916 to 1922 coalition government.
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December 24, 2020
A mildly interesting winner of the James Tait Black award for biography. Bryce was born a son of the Antiburgher manse and was one of the first Scotch Presbyterians to obtain a degree from Oxford without conforming. He attended chapel but did not sign the Articles or commune. He appears to have been influenced by Darwin and was a typical Liberal of the later Victorian age, committed to rational, moral living.
Having been called to the bar and taught in Oxford he was early on interested in school reform, and then entered Parliament for Aberdeen South for over 20 years, serving in various cabinet roles under Gladstone before becoming Chief Secretary in Ireland which, he comments, was run by a very small group of people.
Having been called to the bar and taught in Oxford he was early on interested in school reform, and then entered Parliament for Aberdeen South for over 20 years, serving in various cabinet roles under Gladstone before becoming Chief Secretary in Ireland which, he comments, was run by a very small group of people.
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