Thomas Hodgkin, FBA (29 July 1831 – 2 March 1913) was a British historian, biographer, banker, and Quaker minister. Hodgkin's magnum opus, Italy and Her Invaders, was an eight-volume work on the history of the wars in the Late Roman Empire.
Biography
Hodgkin was son of John Hodgkin, barrister and Quaker minister, and Elizabeth Howard (daughter of Luke Howard).
In 1861 he married Lucy Ann (1841–1934) (daughter of Alfred Fox who created Glendurgan Garden and Sarah, born Lloyd, his wife). They had three sons and three daughters.
Having been educated as a member of the Society of Friends and taken the degree of BA at University College London and obtained the additional degrees of DCL (Oxford and Durham) and LittD (Dublin). He became a partner in the banking house of Hodgkin, Barnett, Pease and Spence, Newcastle-on-Tyne, a firm afterwards amalgamated with Lloyds Bank.
While continuing in business as a banker, Hodgkin devoted a good deal of time to historical study, and soon became a leading authority on the history of the early Middle Ages, his books. His magnum opus, Italy and Her Invaders, was published in eight volumes.
He died at Falmouth on 2 March 1913. His and the Hodgkin family papers are held at the Wellcome Library in London.
Family
The family of Thomas and Lucy Hodgkin is listed as:
Lucy Violet (1869–1954), author, married John Holdsworth
John (died in infancy)
Edward (1872–1921) married Katie Wilson
Elizabeth, known as Lily (born 1874) married Herbert Gresford Jones
Ellen Sophie (1875–1965) married Robert Carr Bosanquet
