PROTHERO, proth'er-o, George Walter, English historical writer: b. Wiltshire, 14 Oct. 1848. He was educated at Eton, Cambridge and the University of Bonn, was university lec turer in history and tutor of Kings College 1876-94, and professor of history at the Um versity of Edinburgh 1894-99. He is a member of the Royal Historical Society, the president of which he was 1901-05. He is also a member of a number of other historical societies in Eng land and other countries, an Honorary Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, holds honorary de grees from Cambridge, Edinburgh and Harvard and is editor of the Quarterly Review. In 1910 he was Lowell lecturer at Boston and Schouler lecturer at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore. To gether with A. W. Ward and S. Leathes he has edited 'Cambridge Modern History' (14 vole Cambridge 1901-12) to the fourth volume o1 which he contributed four chapters on English history, from 1625-49. He has also edited the
'Cambridge Historical Series,' some early vol umes of the 'Pitt Press Series, L. V. Runk's 'Universal History' (New York 1885), and J R. Seel y's 'The Growth of British Policy' (2 vols., Cambridge 1895). He is the author of 'The Life of Simon de Montfort' (London 1877) • to Memoir of Henry Bradshaw' (Loa don 1889); 'Select Statutes and Other Consti tutional Documents Illustrative of the Reigns of Elizabeth and James P (Oxford 1894) ; 'British History Reader' (2 vols., London 1898) ; 'School History of Great Britain and Ireland to 1910' (London 1912) ; 'German Opinions and German Policy before the War' (London 1916); 'A 'Lasting Peace' (London 1917) ; and with A. J. Philip, 'Catalogue of War Publications to June 1916' (London 1917).