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William Charles Braithwaite (1862 – 1922) was a British historian, specialising in the early history of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Braithwaite was the son of Joseph Bevan Braithwaite (1818-1905) and Martha Gillett (1823-1895).〔(William Charles Braithwaite (I16368) )〕 One of his eight siblings was stockbroker Joseph Bevan Braithwaite (1855-1934).〔Judy Slinn, ‘Braithwaite, Joseph Bevan (1855–1934)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 1 Aug 2012 )〕 He attended Oliver's Mount School, Scarborough, and University College London.〔‘BRAITHWAITE, William Charles’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 (accessed 1 Aug 2012 )〕 Upon the death of John Wilhelm Rowntree in 1905, Rufus Jones invited Braithwaite to write the early history of the Society of Friends. Rowntree and Jones had set out in 1897 to write a "comprehensive history of Quakerism", but the former died before this was possible.〔Edward H. Milligan, ‘Rowntree, John Wilhelm (1868–1905)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 (accessed 7 Jan 2012 )〕 As a result, it is Braithwaite who wrote the two classic histories which popularised this research; ''The Beginnings of Quakerism'' in 1912, and ''The Second Period of Quakerism'' in 1919. In 1955 F. J. Smithen stated that ''The Beginnings of Quakerism'' was "still regarded as the standard work on the rise and early fortunes of the Quaker movement".〔The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (1956), 7 : pp 126-127〕 In 1909, Braithwaite gave the second Swarthmore Lecture, entitled "Spiritual Guidance in the experience of the Society of Friends". He married Janet Morland, and his son was the philosopher Richard Bevan Braithwaite.〔 == Published works == *''Red Letter Days; a Verse Calendar'' (1907)〔 *''The Beginnings of Quakerism'' (1912) *''The Message and Mission of Quakerism'' (1912) (with Henry Theodore Hodgkin (1877-1933)) *''Foundations of National Greatness'' (1915)〔 *''The Second Period of Quakerism'' (1919) *''Spiritual Guidance in the Experience of the Society of Friends'' (Swarthmore Lecture 1909) *''The penal laws affecting early Friends in England'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Charles Braithwaite」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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