Author : Charles Henry Cooper
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781076783066
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Book Synopsis Annals of Cambridge Volume 4 by : Charles Henry Cooper
Download or read book Annals of Cambridge Volume 4 written by Charles Henry Cooper and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.