John Lingard
English historian · Writers · Lived 1771 to 1851 · aged 80
John Lingard was an English Catholic priest and historian, the author of The History of England, From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of Henry VIII, an eight-volume work published in 1819.
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Lingard was a teacher at the English College at Douai, and at the seminary at Crook Hall, and later St. Cuthbert's College. In 1811 he retired to Hornby in Lancashire to continue work on his writing.
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1771 to 1851 · aged 80
