Education:
Foyle College, Londonderry; A.B., Trinity College, Dublin, 1882; Bishop Berkeley Medal for Greek, 1880; Madden Prize for Classics, 1884.
Professional Experience:
Fellow, Trinity College, Dublin, 1885-93; prof. modern history, 1893-6; Regius Professor of Greek, 1898-1902; Regius Professor of Modern History, Cambridge, 1902-27; ed., Kottabos 1888-91;.
Publications:
History of the Later Roman Empire from Arcadius to Irene 2 vols. (1889); Pindar Nemeans (1890); Pindar Isthmians (1892); The Student's Roman Empire (27B.C.-180 A.D.) (1893); The History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great (1900); Life of St. Patrick (1905); The Ancient Greek Historians (1909); Christian Roman Empire and the Foundations of the Teutonic Kingdoms (1911); of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I (1912); History of the Freedom of Thought (1914); History of the Later Roman Empire from the Death of Theodosius to the Death of Justinian, 2 vols. (1923); History of the Papacy in the 19th Century (1930); Selected Essays (1930); The Idea of Progress (1932).
Sources:
Norman H. Baynes, PBA 13 (1927) 368-78; ------ (1929) 184; W.B. Stanford, Ireland and the Classical Tradition (1976) 154-7; G.L. Huxley, GRBS 17 (1976) 81-104; Michael Whitby, ODNB .
