Henry William Carless Davis [SEP] place of death
Henry William Carless Davis
Henry William Carless Davis, CBE, FBA (13 January 1874 in Ebley, Gloucestershire – 28 June 1928 in Edinburgh, Scotland) was a British historian, editor of the "Dictionary of National Biography", and Oxford Regius Professor of Modern History.
Early career.
Davis was born in Ebley, near Stroud, Gloucestershire the eldest of five children of Henry Frederick Alexander Davis, a solicitor, and his wife, Jessie Anna. The children were brought up by their mother, who moved
football player who played for Sheffield Wednesday
- Henry William Banks Davis (1833–1914), English painter
- Henry William Carless Davis (1874–1928), British historian
- Henry Winter Davis (1817–1865), U.S. Representative from Maryland and Radical Republican
- Henry Davis (American football) (1942–2000), American football player
- Henry Davis (cricketer) (1803–1848), English cricketer
See also.
- Harry Davis (disambiguation)
- Henry Davies (disambiguation)