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J. B. Black
John Bennett
Black
was a
Scottish
historian
whose
primary
topic
of study was of
Elizabethan England
. He was
Professor
of
History
at the
University of Aberdeen
where a
prize
is
awarded
each year in his name. He wrote
The Reign
of
Elizabeth
the second volume of the
Oxford History of England
series
to
appear
. His 1926
work
The Art of History
, though now superseded, was the first important scholarly
consideration
of
Enlightenment
historiography
of the
twentieth century
.