HODGKIN, THOMAS (1831-1913), British historian, son of John Hodgkin (1800-18 7 5) , barrister, was born in London, on July 29, 1831, and died on March 2, 1913. Having been educated as a member of the Society of Friends and taken the degree of B.A. at London university, he became a partner in the banking house of Hodgkin, Barnett & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne, a firm af terwards amalgamated with Lloyds Bank. Hodgkin devoted a good deal of time to historical study, and became a leading author ity on the history of the early middle ages.
His chief works are, Italy and her Invaders (188o-99) ; The Dynasty of Theodosius (1889) ; Theodoric the Goth (1891) ; and an introduc tion to the Letters of Cassiodorus (i886). He also wrote a Life of Charles the Great (1897) ; Life of George Fox 0896) ; the opening volume of Longman's Political History of England (1go6) ; and a few religious books from a Quaker standpoint. See L. Creighton, Life and Letters of Thomas Hodgkin (1917).