1823-90. Eén van de voornaamste vertegenwoordigers van de Historische school in Engeland, hoogleeraar te Oxford.
Bibliografie o.a.: A history of agriculture and prices in England from 1259 to 1793 (7 din.) 1866-1902: Six centuries of work and wages, a history of English labour, 1884 (15de 1923) ; First nine years of the Bank of England, 1887; Economic interpretation of history, 1887/88: The industrial and commercial history of England, 1888/89.
