James Pounder Whitney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Pounder Whitney
British historian
Date of Birth: 30-Nov-1857
Place of Birth: West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 17-Jun-1939
Profession: historian
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About James Pounder Whitney
- James Pounder Whitney (30 November 1857, Marsden, West Yorkshire – 17 June 1939, Cambridge) was a British ecclesiastical historian. Educated at King James's Grammar School, Almondbury and Owens College, Manchester, he was a foundation scholar at King's College, Cambridge, gaining firsts in the mathematics and history triposes in 1881.
- A fellow of King's College, he was ordained an Anglican priest in 1895.
- After various clerical and teaching appointment, he was professor of ecclesiastical history at King's College London from 1908 to 1918.
- He was Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Cambridge from 1919 to 1939.
- He was joint editor of The Cambridge Medieval History from 1907 to 1922.
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