John Holland Rose [SEP] date of death
John Holland Rose
John Holland Rose (28 June 1855 in Bedford – 3 March 1942 in Cambridge) was an influential English historian who wrote famous biographies of William Pitt the Younger and of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. He also wrote a history of Europe, entitled "The Development of the European Nations" among other historical works. He was Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History at the University of Cambridge between 1919 and his retirement in 1934.
Career.
Holland-Rose was born in Bedford in 1855.
Rose of Stockport; and in 1731 he printed a sermon which he had preached at the ordination of John Holland, jun., entitled "The Continuance of the Christian Church secured by its Constitution".
In 1736, Clegg wrote a book which is valuable for its biographical information, entitled "A Discourse occasion'd by the sudden death of the Reverend Mr. John Ashe : to which is added a Short Account of his Life and Character, and of some others in or near the High Peak in Derbyshire, as an appendix