Edgar Prestage
Edgar Prestage (1869–1951) was a British historian and Portuguese scholar.
Edgar Prestage
- Name
- Edgar Prestage
- Born
- 20 July 1869
- Birthplace
- Manchester, England
- Died
- 10 March 1951
- Place of death
- London, England
- Occupation
- Academic Edgar Prestage (1869–1951) was a British historian and Portuguese scholar.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Edgar Prestage • Honorific Suffix — GOSE • Born — 20 July 1869 • Birthplace — Manchester, England • Died — 10 March 1951 • Place of death — London, England • Occupation — Academic Edgar Prestage (1869–1951) was a British historian and Portuguese scholar.
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Born in Manchester on 20 July 1869, he served as professor of Portuguese at King's College, London between 1923 and 1936, and had authored over a hundred publications. He died in London on 3 March 1951. In his obituary, he was described as "Britain's leading authority of his era on Portuguese literature and history".
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• Grand Officer of the Order of Saint James of the Sword, Portugal (2 September 1930)
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- 1.The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004. 978-0-19-861412-8.
- 2.The Encyclopedia Press. The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers. 141. 1917.
- 3.Prestage, Professor Edgar (1869-1951). King's College London Archives.
- 4.Professor Edgar Prestage. The Advocate. 4. 1951-04-05.
- 5.Bibliothèque nationale de France. Edgar Prestage (1869–1951).
- 6.University of Manchester. Obituary.
- 7.Cidadãos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas. Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas.
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