Henry Hallam was an English historian. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he practised as a barrister on the Oxford circuit for some years before turning to history. His major works were View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages (1818), The Constitutional History of England (1827), and Introduction to the Literature of Europe, in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1837). Although he took no part in politics himself, he was well acquainted with the band of authors and politicians who led the Whig party. In an 1828 review of Constitutional History, Robert Southey claimed that the work was biased in favour of the Whigs.
Henry Hallam in a 19th-century portrait by Thomas Phillips. The painting is currently at Clevedon Court in Clevedon, North Somerset, England.
The memorial to Hallam in St Paul's Cathedral
A blue plaque at 67 Wimpole Street in London commemorating Hallam
A drawing of a bust of Hallam's son Arthur by Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey
The Edinburgh Review is the title of four distinct intellectual and cultural magazines. The best known, longest-lasting, and most influential of the four was the third, which was published regularly from 1802 to 1929.
New Edinburgh Review, no. 31 (February 1976)
