WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY
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An English historian; born in Dublin, Ireland, March 26, 1838. His first work, "The Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland" (1861), is a study, from a Liberal and Union standpoint, of Swift, Flood, Grattan, and O'Connell. His next work was a "History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe" (2 vols., 1865); a semi-controversial essay to prove that the advance of the masses in religious common-sense has been due to the general progress of civilization and not to the arguments of enlightened leaders. Then followed "A History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne" (2 vols., 1869); "A History of England in the 18th Century" (8 vols., 1878-90); "A History of Ireland in the 18th Century" (5 vols., 1892), enlarged from the chapters on this subject in the English History; "Democracy and Liberty" (1896). Died at Dublin, Oct. 23, 1903.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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