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Modern History And Later: In 1855 J. H. Newman, then rector of the Catholic University at Dublin, called him to the chair of geograph and modern history and later the department of English literature was assigned him. His original works comprise lectures On Subjects of Ancient and Modern History (1859) ; On Subjects of Modern History and Biography (1864) ; On the Life, Writings and Times of Edmund Burke (1869), together with poetry and translations.However, in the 18th century, while still under Ottoman rule, the Greeks began to feel the first impact of modern Western civilization. It gave them a new appreciation of their classical heritage and intensified their desire for national independence. Thus, since the 15th century, the Greeks have been in one of their receiving periods of history. Modern Greek history has been the attempt of the Greeks to Westernize while remaining true to themselves.Independent Greece. Greece, as an independent nation-state, is much younger than many other European countries.
ROSE, John Holland, English historian: 'dford, 1855; d. 1942. He was graduated at iridge University, received a fellowship at pist's College and from 1919 to 1933 was proof naval history at Cambridge. Besides contributions to the Cambridge Modern ifwy he was author of The Revolutionary and >oeonic Era (1897) ; Life of Napoleon 12); William Pitt and the Great War (1915) ; ality a Factor in Modern History (1916) ; 'We Carry On (1918); The Indecisiveness todern War (1927) ; The Mediterranean in ^Ancient World (1933.) )SE, Joseph Nelson, American botanist: |
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