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Henry Charles Lea (1825–1909)
Lea, Henry Charles. An American publisher and historian; born in Philadelphia, Sept. 19, 1825; died on Oct. 24, 1909. He entered his father’s publishing house in 1843; became the principal in 1865; and retired from business in 1880. Between 1840 and 1860 he wrote many papers on chemistry and conchology. After 1857 he devoted his attention to European mediæval history, his chief works being: ‘Superstition and Force’ (1866); ‘An Historical Sketch of Sacerdotal Celibacy’ (1867); ‘History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages’ (1888); ‘History of the Inquisition of Spain’ (1906–07).