Author:William Macbride Childs

William Macbride Childs
(1869–1939)
English academic administrator and historian; vice-chancellor of the University of Reading (1926-1929).

This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement
Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. M. C."

Works

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  • The Teaching of History in Schools (1901)
  • The Story of the Town of Reading (1905) IA
  • The Teaching of Local History (1908)
  • The Town of Reading during the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century (1910) IA
  • Observations Preliminary to the Drafting of a University Constitution (1913)
  • "The Spirit of the Empire" (1916)
  • Holidays in Tents (1921) IA
  • Universities and their Freedom (1921)
  • The New University of Reading (1926) Google Books
  • "Palmer, George William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1927 supplement, London: Oxford University Press (1927)
  • A Note on the University of Reading (1929)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2025
  • Making a University (1933)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2029
  • The Justification of Universities (1936)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2032

 

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1939, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 84 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 

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