DOYLE

doyle, john andrew (1844-1907), english historian, the son of andrew doyle, editor of _the morning chronicle_, was born on the 14th of may 1844. he was educated at eton and at balliol college, oxford, winning the arnold prize in 1868 for his essay, _the american colonies_. he was a fellow of all souls' from 1870 until his death, which occurred at crickhowell, south wales, on the 4th of august 1907. his principal work is _the english colonies in america_, in five volumes, as follows: _virginia, maryland and the carolinas_ (1 vol., 1882), _the puritan colonies_ (2 vols., 1886), _the middle colonies_ (1 vol., 1907), and _the colonies under the house of hanover_ (1 vol., 1907), the whole work dealing with the history of the colonies from 1607 to 1759. doyle also wrote chapters i., ii., v. and vii. of vol. vii. of the _cambridge modern history_, and edited william bradford's _history of the plimouth plantation_ (1896) and the _correspondence of susan ferrier_ (1898).