H. P. R. Finberg

Herbert Patrick Reginald Finberg (1900–1974)[1] was the first Professor of English Local History. Appointed by Leicester University in 1964,[2] his department became recognised as the only centre for postgraduate studies in the subject.[3] He edited three volumes of early Anglo-Saxon charters, Early Charters of Devon and Cornwall (1953), Early Charters of the West Midlands (1961) and Early Charters of Wessex (1964).[4] He also edited Scandinavian England. Collected Papers by F. T. Wainwright. Other works included Tavistock Abbey (1949), The Formation of England (1974) and Manual of Catholic Prayer (1962).[1]

References
  1. "Finberg, Herbert Patrick Reginald". AIM25 Archives.
  2. Baofu, Peter (2012). The Future of Post-Human History. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 255. ISBN 9781443838368.
  3. "H. P. R. Finberg". Oxford Index. Oxford University Press.,
  4. Ault, W. O. (April 1965). "Review of Early Charters of Wessex". Speculum. 40 (2). doi:10.2307/2855575. JSTOR 2855575.
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