William Arthur Shaw
William Arthur Shaw (1865–1943) was an English historian and archivist.[1]
Life
Born on 19 April 1865, in Hooley Hill, Ashton-under-Lyne, now in Greater Manchester, he was the son of James Shaw and his wife Sarah Ann Hampshire. He graduated B.A. at Owens College in 1883.[1]
Shaw worked for the Chetham Society, and then the Public Record Office, as an editor. In 1940 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy. He died on 15 April 1943.[1]
Works
- Shaw, William Arthur (1894). Manchester Old and New. Vol. I. London: Cassell and Co.
- Shaw, William Arthur (1894). Manchester Old and New. Vol. II. London: Cassell and Co.
- Shaw, William Arthur (1894). Manchester Old and New. Vol. III. London: Cassell and Co.
- Shaw, William Arthur (1895). The History of Currency, 1252 to 1894: Being an Account of the Gold and Silver Monies and Monetary Standards of Europe and America, Etc. Wilsons & Company.
- Shaw, William Arthur (1900). A history of the English Church during the civil wars and under the Commonwealth, 1640-1660. Vol. I. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Shaw, William Arthur (1900). A history of the English Church during the civil wars and under the Commonwealth, 1640-1660. Vol. II. London: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. I. London: Sherratt and Hughes.
- Shaw, William Arthur (1906). The Knights of England. Vol. II. London: Sherratt and Hughes.
Notes
- ^ a b c Slingsby, F. H.; Brodie, Marc, Rev. "Shaw, William Arthur". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/36053.
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External links
- William Arthur Shaw Manuscripts, John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
