Word: porritt
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Dates: during 1909-1909
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...Edward Porritt, who is conducting History 12b, a course dealing with the history of England in the nineteenth century, will give an informal talk on "How to See English History in the Making and English Institutions at Work during a Ten Days' Stay in London," in Emerson J at 2.30 o'clock this afternoon. The talk is given especially for those men who intend to go to England next summer, but all who are interested are cordially invited...
...Edward Porritt will talk informally with those who intend to go to England next summer in Emerson F on Monday at 2.30. He will explain how they can get the most out of their trip from an historical point of view. All those interested are invited to be present...
Announcement has been made by the Department of History and Government that the half-course known as History 12b will be given during the second half of the present year by Mr. Edward Porritt of Hartford, Conn. The course will deal with the history of England in the nineteenth century...
...Porritt was born at Bury, England, in 1860. He did not receive a university education but at an early age entered the profession of journalism and became connected with the Manchester Examiner. From 1886 to 1892 he represented this newspaper in the gallery of the House of Commons and thus gained an intimate knowledge of English public men and public affairs. In the latter year he came to America where he has since resided. For some years he has been the American representative of the London Morning Post and the Glasgow Herald...
...Porritt has been a frequent contributor to English and American periodicals, his writings appearing regularly in the North American Review, The Outlook, and other publications. Five years ago he published his History of the Unreformed House of Commons, a very comprehensive and scholarly work in two volumes. By the large amount of patient industry which it represented, the soundness of the opinions which it contained, and the vigorous style in which it was written, this work at once commanded wide attention, and it is mainly because of the accurate and broad scholarship displayed in these volumes that Mr. Porritt...