Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1829-1902) was an English historian who specialized in seventeenth-century European history. He was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford, where he obtained a first class in Literae Humaniores. He also served as professor of modern history at King's College London, where he became most famous for his histories of the English Civil War era.
May 1, 2012
Cover of 1637-1640

1637-1640