James Franck Bright

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The Shelley Memorial at University College, opened on 14 June 1893 during the mastership of Franck Bright.[1]

Revd Dr James Franck Bright MA DD (born 29 May 1832 in London, England; died 23 October 1920 at Ditchingham, Norfolk, England) was a British historian and Master of University College, Oxford.[2][1]

Franck Bright was the son of the physician Richard Bright. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford,[3] and was then a schoolmaster at Marlborough College, where he was Head of the Modern Department for sixteen years. Bright became a history tutor at Balliol College in 1872, Dean of University College in 1874, and Master of University College from 1881 to 1906.

Bright wrote a history of Victorian England, "The Growth of Democracy", and a biography of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.[4]

Selected works

  • English History for the Use of Public Schools
  • Joseph II (1905)[5]
  • Maria Theresa
  • The Growth of Democracy

References

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  2. ↑ "Bright, James Franck", The Concise Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1992.
  3. ↑ Bickerton, Fred, Fred of Oxford. London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1953, pages 130–131.
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Academic offices
Preceded by Master of University College, Oxford
1881–1906		 Succeeded by
Reginald Walter Macan

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