Horace Kinder Mann

Horace Kinder Mann (27 September 1859 – 1 August 1928) was a British Catholic priest, historian and author who specialized in the history of the papacy.

Biography

Mann was born in London, England on 27 September 1859.

He died in Edinburgh, Scotland on 1 August 1928.

Education

After being educated at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, Durham, England, he was ordained a priest in 1886.

Career

He taught at St Cuthbert's Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he became prefect of discipline from 1887 to 1890, and then headmaster, an office he retained until 1917.

In 1917 he was appointed rector of the Beda College in Rome and received from Pope Benedict XV the rank of domestic prelate.

Bibliography

He is the author of a number of notable books:

• Biography of Nicholas Breakspear
• Tombs and Portraits of the Popes of the Middle Ages
• The lives of the popes in the early middle ages - volume 1
• The lives of the popes in the early middle ages - volume 2
• The lives of the popes in the early middle ages - volume 3

See also

• List of popes
• Pope Adrian IV

References

External links

• https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Mann%2c%20Horace%20K%2e%20%28Horace%20Kinder%29%2c%201859%2d1928
• https://web.archive.org/web/20121105014140/http://saints.sqpn.com/ncd05026.htm
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Author:Horace_Kinder_Mann
• https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Mann%2C+Horace+K.+%28Horace+Kinder%29%2C+1859-1928%22