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Davies, Godfrey, 1892-1957 (British historian)

 Person

Biography/Historical Note

Leading authority in seventeenth-century English history and member of the research staff at the Huntigton Library. Corresponding Fellow and Pembroke College, Oxford; British Academy Honorary Fellow, 1955.

Nationality:

English.

Education:

Graduated at Pembroke College, Oxford, 1914.

Role within the BSR:

Rome Scholar in Classical Studies, 1938-1939.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Davies, Godfrey R. C., 1939 - 1990, Academic year: 1938 - 1939

 File

Davies, Godfrey R. C., 1939 - 1990, Academic year: 1938 - 1939

Reference number: AR-01.01.02/5
Scope and Contents

Documents from this file include: correspondence between Godfrey Davies and Mrs. Whitehouse (30 September 1990); a postcard; correspondence between Davies and BSR Administrative staff; military forwarding organization document: receipt for baggage for despatch; a letter informing Davies that in 1939 the Executive Committee had decided to close the School in Rome and to suspend all scholarships and grants for the duration of the war.

Dates: Record Keeping: 1939 - 1990; Academic year: 1938 - 1939