Lecky, William Edward Hartpole (b. 1838)

Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, historian and suggestive writer, born near Dublin; represents Dublin University in Parliament; is the author of “Leaders of Public Opinion,” 1861; “The Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe,” 1865; the “History of European Morals from Augustus to Charlemagne,” 1869; and the “History of the Eighteenth Century,” 1878-90; (b. 1838).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)