Historian Collection (page 9)

John Hill Burton, Scottish historian, jurist, and economist, 19th century. Artist: W Holl
John Hill Burton, Scottish historian, jurist, and economist, 19th century. Burton (1809-1881) was Historiographer Royal from 1867 until 1881

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, c1873. Artist: James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, satirist, and historian, c1873. Portrait of Carlyle (1795-1881)

Thomas Babington, British poet, historian and Whig politician, 19th century. Portrait of Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay (1800-1859)

Edward Gibbon, British historian, 19th century. Gibbon (1737-1737), influential historian, wrote The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire

Adam Naruszewicz, Polish nobleman, 19th century. Artist: Camille Huard
Adam Naruszewicz, Polish nobleman, 19th century. Naruszewicz (1733-1798) was also a poet, historian, dramatist, translator, publicist, Jesuit and titular Bishop of Smolensk and Luck

Thomas Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, British poet, historian and politician, 19th century. Artist: C Cook
Thomas Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, British poet, historian and politician, 19th century. Portrait of Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), Whig politician

Thomas Babington Macaulay, British poet, historian and Whig politician, c1880. Artist: DJ Pound
Thomas Babington (or Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay) Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, British poet, historian and Whig politician, c1880

Portrait of the author and historian Nikolay M Karamzin, 1805. Artist: Giovanni Battista Ortolani Damon
Portrait of the author and historian Nikolay M Karamzin, 1805. A writer, historian, poet and critic, Karamzin (1766-1826) is best remembered for his 12 volume History of the Russian State

Louis Blanc, French historian and socialist politician, 19th century. A socialist who favoured reform, Blanc (1811-1882) was actively involved in the Revolution of 1848

Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, 19th century German historian and politician, (1900). Dahlmann (1785-1860) was a proponent of the unification of Germany as aconstitutional monarchy

Letter from David Garrick to Edward Gibbon, 8th March 1776. Artist: David Garrick
Letter from David Garrick to Edward Gibbon, 8th March 1776. Letter written from the Adelphi by David Garrick to Edward Gibbon, the Historian

George Buchanan, Scottish historian and humanist scholar, (1833). Artist: E Scriven
George Buchanan, Scottish historian and humanist scholar, (1833). George Buchanan (1506-1582) spent many years studying in Paris

George Buchanan, 1776. Artist: T Cook
George Buchanan, 1776. Buchanan (1506-1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1776

David Hume, Scottish philosopher, historian and economist, 1837. Portrait made in the 19th century after an 18th century original

Statue of seated man said to be Herodotus, Ancient Greek historian. Herodotus (c485-425 BC) is often called the Father of History

Russian artist Pavel Shukovsky and historian Alexander Onegin, Weimar, Germany, late 19th century
Russian artist Pavel Shukovsky (1845-1912) and historian Alexander Onegin (1844-1925) (holding book), Weimar, Germany, late 19th century

Michail Pogodin, Russian historian and journalist, 1850s. Artist: Karl August Bergner
Michail Pogodin, Russian historian and journalist (1800-1875), 1850s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of AS Pushkin, Moscow

Semyon Vengerov, Russian literary critic and historian, 1890s. Artist: Dmitri Spiridonovich Zdobnov
Semyon Vengerov (1855-1920), Russian literary critic and historian, 1890s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of AS Pushkin, Moscow

Pavel Dashkov, Russian historian, collector and journalist, 1880s. Artist: Volf Ilyich Yasvoin
Pavel Dashkov (1849-1910), Russian historian, collector and journalist, 1880s. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow

Alexander Onegin, Russian author and historian, c1900. Artist: Josef Lowy
Alexander Onegin, Russian author and historian, c1900. From 1879 onwards, Onegin (1844-1925) accumulated a large collection of manuscripts by

Herodotus, Ancient Greek historian, 1866. Figure of Herodotus (c485-425 BC), known as The Father of History, based on an antique bust

Johann Christoph Friedrich Von Schiller, German poet, dramatist and historian, c1785. Artist: Anton Graff
Johann Christoph Friedrich Von Schiller, German poet, dramatist and historian, c1785. Schiller (1759-1805), one of the greatest figures of German literature

Flavius Josephus brought before Titus, at the Siege of Jerusalem, 70. Flavius Josephus (c37-c100), Jewish historian and soldier, is brought before Titus (39-81)

Jean Francois Champollion, French historian, linguist and Egyptologist, 19th century. Champollion (1790-1832) is regarded as the founder of scientific Egyptology

Ole Worm, Danish scholar. Worm (1588-1654) was a physician and a scholar of early Scandinavian and Icelandic languages

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-born British historian and essayist, 19th century. Carlyle (1795-1881) reading in his garden in Chelsea, London. Etching after a painting by Helen Allingham

The Venerable Bede (c673-735), Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian, c1584
The Venerable Bede (c673-735), Anglo-Saxon theologian, scholar and historian, 1493. Seen here using a quill pen and a writing slope, Bede was a monk at Jarrow, Northumberland

Thomas Carlyle, 19th century Scottish historian and essayist. Carlyle (1795-1881) wrote a history of the French Revolution which gained him popular as well as academic fame when it was published in

John Speed (1542-1629), English cartographer and historian, 1816. Speed is probably the most famous of British mapmakers. In 1612 he published The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain

HG Wells (1865-1946), English novelist, writer and popular historian, c1925. Hubert George Wells is best known for his works of science fiction, including The Time Machine

H. G. Wells, English author and popular historian, 1927
H. G. Wells (1866-1946.), English author and popular historian, 1927

Flavius Josephus, Jewish soldier and historian. Although born to a priestly Jewish family, Flavius Josephus (c37-c100) supported the Roman cause in the Jewish revolt of 66-70

The Breton archaeologist Louis Jacques Marie Bizeul, after a photograph, 1861

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