Edgar Prestage

Edgar Prestage
GOSE
Edgar Prestage GOSE
Born	20 July 1869 ; Manchester , England
Died	10 March 1951 (aged 82) ; London , England
Occupation	Academic

Edgar Prestage GOSE (1869?1951) was a British historian and Portuguese scholar . ^[1]

Biography [ edit ]

Born in Manchester on 20 July 1869, he served as professor of Portuguese at King's College, London between 1923 and 1936, and had authored over a hundred publications. ^[2]^[3] He died in London on 3 March 1951. ^[4]^[5] In his obituary, he was described as "Britain's leading authority of his era on Portuguese literature and history". ^[6]

Honours [ edit ]

Grand Officer of the Order of Saint James of the Sword , Portugal (2 September 1930) ^[7]

References [ edit ]

^ "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi : 10.1093/ref:odnb/35607 . ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers . The Encyclopedia Press . 1917. p. 141 . Retrieved 28 September 2021 – via archive.org.
^ "Prestage, Professor Edgar (1869-1951)" . King's College London Archives . Retrieved 23 April 2016 .
^ "Professor Edgar Prestage" . The Advocate . 5 April 1951. p. 4 . Retrieved 28 September 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.
^ "Edgar Prestage (1869?1951)" . Bibliotheque nationale de France . Retrieved 28 September 2021 .
^ "Obituary" (PDF) . University of Manchester . Retrieved 23 April 2016 .
^ "Cidadaos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas" . Pagina Oficial das Ordens Honorificas Portuguesas . Retrieved 12 October 2021 .

External links [ edit ]

Works by Edgar Prestage at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Edgar Prestage at Internet Archive
Works by Edgar Prestage at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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[1] "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi : 10.1093/ref:odnb/35607 . ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[Makers-2] The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers . The Encyclopedia Press . 1917. p. 141 . Retrieved 28 September 2021 – via archive.org.

[3] "Prestage, Professor Edgar (1869-1951)" . King's College London Archives . Retrieved 23 April 2016 .

[4] "Professor Edgar Prestage" . The Advocate . 5 April 1951. p. 4 . Retrieved 28 September 2021 – via NewspaperArchive.

[5] "Edgar Prestage (1869?1951)" . Bibliotheque nationale de France . Retrieved 28 September 2021 .

[6] "Obituary" (PDF) . University of Manchester . Retrieved 23 April 2016 .

[7] "Cidadaos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas" . Pagina Oficial das Ordens Honorificas Portuguesas . Retrieved 12 October 2021 .

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