Engels staatsrechtsgeleerde (Londen 23 Sept. 1874), studeerde in Oxford, was van 1898-1905 Fellow van Merton College, van 1909-1913 van St John’s College en 1913-1920 van New College, 1920-1927 Principal van King’s College in Londen en Professor in de wetenschap der Politiek in Cambridge van 1928-1939.
Bibl.: The Political thought of Platö and Aristotle (1906), herziene herdr. als: Greek Political Theory(i9i8); Political thought in England from Herbert Spencer to the present day (1915)» The Citizen’s Ghoice (essays, 1937); Oliver Gromwell and the English People (1937); Reflections on Government (1942); The Development of Public Services in Western Europe 1660-1930 (1944); Essays on Government (1945); The Politics of Aristotle, transl. with introd. and notes (1946); Traditions of Civility (1948).
