Edward H. R. (Edward Henry Ralph) Tatham

Born in 1857, Edward Henry Ralph Tatham was an English clergyman as well as an author. Sources identify him as Rev. Edward Henry Ralph Tatham and note that he later served as a canon and prebendary at Lincoln Cathedral, linking his writing life closely with the church.

His published work shows a strong interest in history and biography. He wrote John Sobieski early in his career, and his best-known work appears to be Francesco Petrarca, the First Modern Man of Letters, a substantial two-volume study published in the mid-1920s. He also wrote on Lincolnshire and related historical subjects, suggesting a lasting interest in both European intellectual history and local English heritage.

Tatham died in 1938. Much of his work now survives in public-domain and library collections, where he remains of interest to readers looking for older historical biographies written with the care and breadth typical of learned writers of his time.