Oscar Browning
British historian (1837-1923) · Writers · Died at 86
Oscar Browning was a British educationalist, historian and bon vivant, a well-known Cambridge personality during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras.
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Cumberland terrace as it appeared at the time of Browning's birth in 1837
Eton College
James John Hornby as depicted by Vanity Fair
George Curzon as a young man
King's College, Cambridge
George Eliot
Henry Sidgwick, co-founder with Browning of the CUDTC
Samuel Barnett, whose fundraising helped to sustain the college in its early yearsAwards
About this person
An innovator in the early development of professional training for teachers, he served as principal of the Cambridge University Day Training College (CUDTC) from 1891 to 1909. He was also a prolific author of popular histories and other books.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1837 to 1923 · aged 86
