Lectures on the study of history, delivered in Oxford, 1859-61. By Goldwin Smith ... To which is added a lecture delivered before the N.Y. historical society, in December, 1864, on the University of Oxford (Still Image)

Lectures on the study of history, delivered in Oxford, 1859-61. By Goldwin Smith ... To which is added a lecture delivered before the N.Y. historical society, in December, 1864, on the University of Oxford

Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910

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Goldwin Smith,(1823 – 1910) was a British historian and journalist, active in the United Kingdom and Canada. He was elected to a fellowship at University College, Oxford. He threw his energy into the cause of university reform. Many of the reforms suggested, such as the revival of the faculties, the reorganisation of the professoriate, the abolition of celibacy as a condition of the tenure of fellowships, and the combination of the colleges for lecturing purposes, were incorporated in the act of 1877, or subsequently adopted by the university.
In 1858, he was appointed Smith regius professor of modern history at Oxford. Smith used his chair largely to engage in controversies over political and religious questions.
He had very strong convictions about the superiority of Anglo-Saxon values. For the Jewish people, Smith reserved a special place in his catalogue of “undesirables.” The critical problem with the Jews was what Smith saw as their stubborn unwillingness to assimilate, to give up their religious beliefs and cultural practices, to become “civilized".
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An inaugural lecture.--On the study of history.--On some supposed consequences of the doctrine of historical progress.--The moral freedom of man.--On the foundation of the American colonies.--the University of Oxford

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University of Oxford -- History

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D16 .S64 1866

New York, Harper & brothers, 1866

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