ENGLISH

Annals of Cambridge

By Charles Henry Cooper

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
1108000339, 9781108000338
Google Books ID
HegSQAAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32169981 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection
Volume
Volume 4
Edition
1
Pages
749\749
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Charles Henry Cooper charted over half a millennium of life at Cambridge in the five volumes of the Annals of Cambridge. Cooper practised as a solicitor in Cambridge, and was also town clerk from 1849 until his death in 1866. He was a keen historian and devoted a great deal of time to archival research, particularly into local history. Drawing on extensive public and private records, including petitions, town treasurers' accounts, restoration records, death certificates, legal articles and letters to ruling royalty, Cooper compiled a comprehensive chronological history of Cambridge, documenting the 'city of scholars' through its tumultuous political and religious growing pains. It was published in the face of considerable opposition from the university authorities, but was eventually acclaimed as an authoritative account. This fourth volume, published in 1852, runs from the Glorious Revolution of 1688 to 1849.

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