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An English historian; born at London, Sept. 24, 1768; died there, Feb. 13, 1847. He wrote: "History of the Anglo-Saxons" (4 vols., 1799-1805; 7th ed., 3 vols., 1852); "History of England during the Middle Ages" (3 vols., 1814-23; 7th ed., 4 vols., 1853); "Modern History of England", comprising "The Reign of Henry VIII". (1826) and "The Reigns of Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth" (1829); "Sacred History of the World" (3 vols., 1832); and a volume of miscellaneous essays, poems, etc.