John Knight FotheringhamFBA (14 August 1874 – 12 December 1936) was a British historian who was an expert on ancientastronomy andchronology.^[1][2][3] He established the chronology of theBabylonian dynasties.

J.K. Fotheringham was educated at theCity of London School andMerton College, Oxford, where he held anexhibition and receivedfirst class degrees inLiterae Humaniores (1896) andmodern history (1897). During 1898–1902, he held a seniordemyship atMagdalen College, Oxford, and started to study ancient chronology.^[4] In 1904, he was appointed a lecturer in classical literature atKing's College London and taught there until 1915.

Fotheringham was a Fellow at Magdalen College (1909–16). He was a Reader in ancient history at theUniversity of London (1912–20). He was later Reader in ancient astronomy and chronology at theUniversity of Oxford (1925–36).

J.K. Fotheringham editedSaint Jerome's version ofEusebius' Chronicle in 1923.^[1]He was elected a Fellow of theBritish Academy in 1933. He was also a Fellow of theRoyal Astronomical Society.^[4]

Fotheringham published a number of papers and books,^[5] including the following:^[6]

• The Bodleian Manuscript of Jerome's Version of the Chronicle of Eusebius, editor (Oxford:The Clarendon Press, 1905)
• The History of England, from Addington's Administration to the Close of William IV's Reign 1801–1837, Volume XI, withGeorge Charles Brodrick (Longmans, Green, 1906)
• Marco Sanudo, conqueror of the Archipelago, with L.R.F. Williams (Oxford:The Clarendon Press, 1915)
• Cleostratus (London: Clay, 1920)
• Historical eclipses (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1921)
• The calendar (London:H.M. Stationery Office, 1929)
• Ancient astronomy and chronology (The Oxford Magazine, 1930)
• Astronomical evidence for the date of the crucifixion

• Works by John Knight Fotheringham atProject Gutenberg
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• Obituaries of John Knight Fotheringham (1874–1936)

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