Green, John

RICHARD, ecclesiastic and historian, born at Oxford, England, Dec. 12, 1837; educated at Magdalen College School; took orders and became curate of St. Barnabas' Church; afterwards had charge of Hoxton, and finally became vicar of St. Philip's, Stepney. He retired in 1868, and engaged in the preparation of his Short History of the English People. This work, the pioneer in a new field of history, published in 1874, was most favorably received, and the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon its author by the University of Edinburgh. He was also the author of: Stray Studies, and The Making of England. Died March 7, 1883.