Reginald Lane Poole was a British historian. He was Keeper of the Archives and a lecturer in diplomacy at the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...

, where he gave the Ford Lectures

Ford Lectures

The Ford Lectures are a prestigious series of public lectures given annually in English or British History by a distinguished historian. Known commonly as "The Ford Lectures," they are properly titled "Ford's Lectures in British History" and they are given by a scholar elected to be "Ford's...

 in 1912 on the subject of "The Exchequer in the Twelfth Century". Son of Reginald Stuart Poole

Reginald Stuart Poole

Reginald Stuart Poole was an English archaeologist and orientalist.-Life:Born in London, he was the son of the Rev. Edward Poole, a well-known bibliophile. His parents became estranged during his early childhood, and his mother, Sophia Lane Poole, took her sons to Egypt to live with her brother,...

 (1832–95): the "Lane" in his surname comes from his paternal grandmother Sophia Lane Poole

Sophia Lane Poole

Sophia Lane Poole was the author of The Englishwoman in Egypt: Letters from Cairo, written during a residence there in 1842, 3 & 4, with E.W...

, author of An Englishwoman in Egypt (1844). Father of Austin Lane Poole

Austin Lane Poole

Austin Lane Poole was a British mediaevalist.Poole came from an academic lineage, being the son of Reginald Lane Poole , the nephew of Stanley Lane Poole , and the grandson of Reginald Stuart Poole .Austin Poole...

 (1889–1963), also a historian and Ford's Lecturer. Brother of Stanley Lane-Poole

Stanley Lane-Poole

Stanley Lane-Poole was a British orientalist and archaeologist. His uncle was Edward William Lane.Born in London, England, from 1874 to 1892 he worked in the British Museum, and after that in Egypt researching on Egyptian archaeology...

, nephew of Reginald Stuart Poole

Reginald Stuart Poole

Reginald Stuart Poole was an English archaeologist and orientalist.-Life:Born in London, he was the son of the Rev. Edward Poole, a well-known bibliophile. His parents became estranged during his early childhood, and his mother, Sophia Lane Poole, took her sons to Egypt to live with her brother,...

, great-nephew of Edward William Lane

Edward William Lane

Edward William Lane was a British Orientalist, translator and lexicographer....

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He edited, among other works, with W. Hunt

William Hunt (clergyman)

William Hunt was an English clergyman and historian.-Life:He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Oxford, He was vicar of Congresbury, Somerset from 1867 to 1882, and then went to London as a reviewer and contributor to the Dictionary of National Biography...

, Political History of England (twelve volumes, 1905–10). New International Encyclopedia

New International Encyclopedia

The New International Encyclopedia was an American encyclopedia first published in 1902 by Dodd, Mead and Company. It descended from the International Cyclopaedia and was updated in 1906, 1914 and 1926.-History:...

His works include:

• History of the Huguenots of the Dispersion (1880)
• Illustrations of the History of Modern Thought (1884)
• Wycliffe and Movements for Reform (1889)
• Historical Atlas of Modern Europe (1897–1902)

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