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Monument to Henry Hallam
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Monument to Henry Hallam (1777-1859), marble, William Theed, 1862.
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Height: 322.6 cm
Width: 121.9 cm
Depth: 72.4 cm
To / HENRY HALLAM. / THE HISTORIAN OF THE MIDDLE AGES. / OF THE CONSTITUTION OF HIS COUNTRY. / AND OF THE LITERATURE OF EUROPE. / THIS MONUMENT IS RAISED BY MANY FRIENDS. / WHO REGARDING THE SOUNDNESS OF HIS LEARNING, / THE SIMPLE ELOQUENCE OF HIS STYLE, / HIS MANLY AND CAPACIOUS INTELLECT. / THE FEARLESS HONESTY OF HIS JUDGMENTS, / AND THE MORAL DIGNITY OF HIS LIFE, / DESIRE TO PERPETUATE HIS MEMORY / WITHIN THESE SACRED WALLS, / AS OF ONE WHO HAS BEST ILLUSTRATED / THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE , THE ENGLISH CHARACTER, / AND THE ENGLISH NAME. / BORN JULY 9TH. 1777, DIED JANUARY 21ST 1859.CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORYMIDDLE AGES