G. T. Lapsley Explained

Gaillard Thomas Lapsley (1871–1949) was an American constitutional historian and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1904–1949.^[1]

A brass plaque dedicated to Lapsley's memory can be found in Trinity College Chapel.

He graduated from Harvard University in 1893.^[2]

Selected publications

• The county palatine of Durham: A study in constitutional history. Longmans Green, New York, 1900.
• The America of today, being lectures delivered at the local lectures summer meeting of the University of Cambridge, 1918. University Press, Cambridge, 1919.
• "The Parliamentary title of Henry IV", English Historical Review, XLIX (1934).^[3]
• Some recent advance in English constitutional history: (before 1485). University Press, Cambridge, 1936.
• Crown, community, and Parliament in the later Middle Ages; studies in English constitutional history. Blackwell, Oxford, 1951. (Oxford Studies in Mediaeval History, Vol. 6.)

Notes and References

1. Book: Religion and Public Doctrine in Modern England Vol. 1. Cowling, Maurice. Maurice Cowling. 2003. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521545167. 54. 2015-10-03.
2. Web site: Honor Conferred on Prof. Lapsley. | News | The Harvard Crimson. www.thecrimson.com.
3. Book: English Constitutional Ideas in the Fifteenth Century. Chrimes, S.B.. S.B. Chrimes. 2013. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9781107683334. 106. 2015-10-03.