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at the University of Oxford. He was graduated 

 at Trinity College in 1845, and remained there as 

 a Fellow until 1847. In 1857, 1863, and 1873 

 he served as Examiner in Modern History. In 

 1880 he was chosen honorary Fellow of Trinity, 

 and in 1884 Fellow of Oriel. In the latter year 

 he was appointed Regius Professor of Modern His- 

 tory, succeeding Bishop Stubbs in that position. 

 It is not necessary to enumerate the honorary 

 degrees which he received from Oxford and Cam- 

 bridge, and from universities in various European 

 countries. At the time of his death he was a mem- 

 ber of learned societies in nearly all parts of the 

 world. For many years he had been a Knight 

 Commander of the Greek Order of the Saviour. 

 He had also received honours of knighthood from 

 Servia and Montenegro. In 1868 he was a can- 

 didate for Parliament, but failed of election ; and 

 that seems to have been his sole venture in the 

 world of politics. His travels upon the continent 

 of Europe were many and extensive. When at 

 home he lived in rural seclusion, " far from the 

 madding crowd," upon his estate at Somerleaze, 

 near Wells and its noble cathedral ; only in these 

 latter years he made a home for himself, during 

 the Oxford terms, at St. Giles in that city. 



From the very beginning Freeman's histori- 



