James Franck Bright

The Shelley Memorial at University College, opened on 14 June 1893 during the mastership of Franck Bright.[1]

James Franck Bright (29 May 1832 – 23 October 1920) was a British historian and Master of University College, Oxford.[1][2]

Franck Bright was born in London, United Kingdom, the son of the physician Richard Bright. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford,[3] (he gained an Oxford Master of Arts {MA Oxon} and a Doctor of Divinity {DD}) and was then a schoolmaster at Marlborough College, where he was Head of the Modern Department for sixteen years. Bright became a history tutor at Balliol College in 1872, Dean of University College in 1874, and Master of University College from 1881 to 1906. He died at Ditchingham, Norfolk, UK.

Bright wrote a history of Victorian England, "The Growth of Democracy", and a biography of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.[4]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 Darwall-Smith, Robin (2008). "James Franck Bright and the Healing of Wounds". A History of University College, Oxford. Oxford University Press. pp. 406–422. ISBN 978-0-19-928429-0.
  2. ↑ "Bright, James Franck", The Concise Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1992.
  3. ↑ Bickerton, Fred, Fred of Oxford. London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1953, pages 130–131.
  4. ↑ "James Franck Bright (1832–1880)". PictureHistory. Retrieved 6 January 2014. External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ Bright, J. Franck (1905). Joseph II. Archive.org. London: Macmillan & Co.

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Academic offices
Preceded by
George Bradley		 Master of University College, Oxford
1881–1906 		Succeeded by
Reginald Walter Macan


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