| 词条 | John Bigland |
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| name = John Bigland | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1750 | birth_place = Skirlaugh, East Riding of Yorkshire, England | death_date = 23 February 1832 (age 82) | death_place = Finningley, South Yorkshire, England | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | monuments = | other_names = | ethnicity = | alma_mater = | occupation = Historian and schoolmaster | years_active = | religion = | denomination = | criminal_charge = | criminal_penalty = | criminal_status = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = }} John Bigland (1750{{spaced ndash}}22 February 1832) was an English schoolmaster and later an historian. Early life and educationHe was born of poor parents at Skirlaugh in the Holderness area of the East Riding of Yorkshire. {{expand section|date=February 2012|information on his education}}CareerBigland began his career as a village schoolmaster. In 1803, he published his first work occasioned, on his own account, by his religious scepticism. His work was a success, and he became a professional author, publishing in rapid succession a series of popular books, mainly connected with geography and history. WorksHe was the author of articles in magazines; of a continuation to April 1808 of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton's History of England in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to his Son; and of an addition of the period of George III to Oliver Goldsmith's History of England. His other works include: {{div col|colwidth=30em}}
Personal lifeTowards the end of his life, Bigland resided at Finningley, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He died, age eighty-two, in Finningley. See also{{portal|Biography|England|History}}
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