Bury, John Bagnell
Born: Oct 16, 1861 AD
Died: 1927 AD, at 65 years of age.
1861 - Born on October 16th in Clontibret, County Monaghan. Irish historian, scholar and philologist.
1885 - He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was elected to a fellowship.
1893 - He was chosen professor of modern history at Dublin.
1898 - He became regius professor of Greek.
1902 - He was elected regius professor of modern history in the university of Cambridge.
1905 - He also wrote a History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great; History of the Later Roman Empire,a History of the Roman Empire 27 B.C.-180 A.D.; Life of St Patrick and his Place in History.
- He was elected a fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and received honorary degrees from the universities of Oxford, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Durham.
1927 - Died on June 1st.
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