The Eton Register (Part V) 1883-1889

By Old Etonian Association and Eton College

A register that opens a vanished world. A catalogue for curious minds. The Eton Register (Part V) 1883-1889 reproduces the official roll and historical student lists recording entries across a formative stretch of nineteenth century education. As an eton school register it provides straightforward, authoritative data for anyone exploring eton college history, the practices of british public schools and the social contours of victorian england schools. Between the lines of names and dates readers discover patterns of patronage, school progression and local ties: the register functions as an alumni directory in miniature, and as a primary genealogy research resource for family historians confirming schooling or connections. Researchers assembling an academic reference collection or compiling biographies will value its unvarnished documentary detail; casual readers interested in the period's institutions will find the register an unusually direct window on school life in late Victorian Britain. As a body of victorian era records this volume matters for institutional history as much as for personal enquiry: its lists supply evidence used by social historians, archivists and genealogists to map networks of influence across the late nineteenth century. Useful to researchers tracing british school alumni across generations, it supplies cross-references and confirmations that are often absent from other sources. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. It belongs on the shelves of classic-literature collectors who prize provenance and context, and in research libraries building an educational history archive. Librarians and curators developing holdings of british public schools material will regard it as a reliable primary reference. From the scholar citing a precise attendance to the curious descendant tracing a household, this Eton register sits at the intersection of data, provenance and period flavour.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354302300
• ISBN13: 9789354302305
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"