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GASTON MASPERO
The Dawn of Civilisation
The Struggle of the Nations
The Passing of the Empires
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS
The Antiquities of the Jews
The Wars of the Jews
HENRY MILMAN, D.D.
History of the Jews
HERODOTUS
History
THUCYDIDES
The Peloponnesian War
XENOPHON
Anabasis
GEORGE GROTE
History of Greece
HEINRICH SCHLIEMANN
Troy and Its Remains
JULIUS CÆSAR
Commentaries on the Gallic War
TACITUS
Annals
SALLUST
The Conspiracy of Catiline
EDWARD GIBBON
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire--I
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire--II
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire--III
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire--IV
THEODOR MOMMSEN
History of Rome
Mediæval History
EDWARD GIBBON
The Holy Roman Empire
FRANÇOIS GUIZOT
History of Civilisation in Europe
HENRY HALLAM
View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages
STANLEY LANE-POOLE
Egypt in the Middle Ages
RAPHAEL HOLINSHED
Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland
EDWARD A. FREEMAN
The Norman Conquest of England
JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE
History of England
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Sir John Alexander Hammerton (born 27 February 1871 in Alexandria, Scotland; died 12 May 1949 in London) is described by the Dictionary of National Biography as "the most successful creator of large-scale works of reference that Britain has known".
His first posts in journalism included a period in Nottingham where he first met Arthur Mee, who was to become his lifelong friend. Then, in 1905, he joined Alfred Harmsworth's Amalgamated Press. There he again collaborated with Mee in producing the Harmsworth Self-Educator.
He contributed to the first edition of Mee's Children's Encyclopædia, which appeared in a fortnightly series from 1908 till 1910 before being published in eight large volumes. His contribution consisted of compiling articles on 'Famous Books' and 'Poetry'.
His greatest achievement was Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopædia, which – like the Children's Encyclopædia – was published first as a fortnightly series in 1920–22 and sold twelve million copies throughout the English-speaking world.
