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J. B. Bury
John Bagnell Bury (1861-1927) was an eminent British classical scholar and historian who wrote extensively on Greek, Roman and Byzantine history and was instrumental in the revival of Byzantine stu...view moreJohn Bagnell Bury (1861-1927) was an eminent British classical scholar and historian who wrote extensively on Greek, Roman and Byzantine history and was instrumental in the revival of Byzantine studies. Educated at Trinity College Dublin, where he was later made a fellow, he also gained a chair in Modern History at Trinity in 1893 and in 1898 was appointed Regius Professor of Greek. In 1902 he became Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, where he became a mentor to Sir Steven Runciman. Bury is famous for his major histories of the Roman Empire as well as his classic work The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians and his work on a new edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. He also edited the Cambridge Ancient History and planned much of the Cambridge Medieval History.view less
Books by J. B. Bury
The Ancient World: Greece, Egypt and Persia in the 4th century BC The Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCambridge Medieval History: Germany and the Western Empire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory of the Eastern Roman Empire: From the Fall of Irene to the Accession of Basil I. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5History of the Later Roman Empire Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Life of St. Patrick and His Place in History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cambridge Medieval History:The Eastern Roman Empire Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Christian Roman Empire and the Foundation of the Teutonic Kingdoms Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIreland's Saint: The Essential Biography of St. Patrick Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ancient World: The Egyptian and Hittite Empires to 1000 BC Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Invasion of Europe by the Barbarians Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings