| LC control no. | n 50041341 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909 |
| Variant(s) | Lea, H. C. (Henry Charles), 1825-1909 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1825-09-19 |
| Death date | 1909-10-24 |
| Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Affiliation | Henry C. Lea (Firm) American Historical Association Union League of Philadelphia. Board of Publication |
| Profession or occupation | Church historians Medievalists Political activists Civic leaders Publishers |
| Found in | Lea, Henry Charles. Translations and other rhymes, 1882. Studies in church history. The rise of the temporal power ; Benefit of clergy ; Excommunication, 1869: title page (by Henry C. Lea) Le origini del potere temporale dei Papi, 1915: title page (H.C. Lea ; versione sull'ultima edizione inglese di Pia Cremonini) English Wikipedia, viewed June 1, 2023 (Henry Charles Lea; born September 19, 1825, in Philadelphia; died October 24, 1909, in Philadelphia; American historian, civic reformer, and political activist. In 1843 Henry Charles Lea joined his father in the publishing business, and continued with the firm (renamed Lea, Brothers & Co. and even later Lea & Febinger) until 1880; during the American Civil War Lea was a member of the Union League of Philadelphia and headed its publication committee, writing many of the League's published pamphlets; he was an authority on the Spanish Inquisition, and his multi-volume work was considered groundbreaking, though opinionated; founded the public hygiene program at the University of Pennsylvania) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Charles_Lea> American Historical Association website, viewed June 1, 2023: link to AHA History and Archives page (Henry Charles Lea, President of the Association, 1903; born September 19, 1825; died October 24, 1909; wrote the first articles in the United States concerning the Middle Ages) <https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-history-and-archives/presidential-addresses/henry-charles-lea> |
| Associated language | eng |
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