Author: William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Alternate names: W. E. H. Lecky; William Edward Hartpole; william edward hartpole lecky; WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY; Hartpole Lecky William  Edward.
Born: 1838
Died: 1903
Bio: William Edward Hartpole Lecky, OM, PC, FBA (26 March 1838 – 22 October 1903) was an Irish historian, essayist, and political theorist with Whig proclivities. His major work was an eight-volume History of England during the Eighteenth Century.