# Bertha Gardiner

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**Bertha Meriton Gardiner** (1845–1925) was an English historian who wrote popular short books about The French Revolution and the English Civil War.[1]

Bertha Meriton Cordery was born in [Hampstead](/source/Hampstead), London on 19 April 1845, the youngest daughter of John and Henrietta Cordery.[1][2][3]

In 1875, Cordery co-authored *King and Commonwealth, a history of the great rebellion* with her brother-in-law James Surtees Philpotts. She researched the battlefields featured in the book herself.[2] On 15 July 1882 she married the historian [Samuel Rawson Gardiner](/source/Samuel_Rawson_Gardiner).[1]

As Bertha Gardiner, she wrote two books in the *Epochs of English History* series edited by Rev M Creighton: *The Struggle Against Absolute Monarchy 1603-1688* (1877)[4] and *The French Revolution, 1789-1795* (1883).[2] The latter was a course textbook on the subject at [Syracuse University](/source/Syracuse_University).[5]

Gardiner also edited a collection of documents from [Thomas Tanner](/source/Thomas_Tanner_(bishop))'s manuscripts about [Charles I](/source/Charles_I_of_England)'s secret negotiations in 1643 and 1644.[1] She wrote articles for the *[Edinburgh Review](/source/Edinburgh_Review)*, and was critical of [John Robert Seeley](/source/John_Robert_Seeley)'s methods in a review.[2][6][7]

Gardiner had three sons with her husband before she was widowed in 1902.[2] She died on 5 January 1925 at the Red House, River, [Dover](/source/Dover).[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ODNB_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ODNB_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-ODNB_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-ODNB_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-ODNB_1-4) Roots, Ivan (2004). ["Gardiner, Samuel Rawson (1829–1902), historian"](https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/33325). *[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)* (online ed.). Oxford University Press. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1093/ref:odnb/33325](https://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F33325). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-19-861411-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-861411-1). Retrieved 30 July 2023. (Subscription, [Wikipedia Library](https://wikipedialibrary.wmflabs.org/partners/88/) access or [UK public library membership](https://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public) required.)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Dover-obit_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Dover-obit_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Dover-obit_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Dover-obit_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Dover-obit_2-4) "Death of Mrs S R Gardiner". Dover Express. 16 January 1925.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Oxford-notice_3-0)** "Births Marriages and Deaths". Oxford Journal. 22 July 1882.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-gbook1_4-0)** Gardiner, Bertha Meriton (1877). [*The Struggle Against Absolute Monarchy: 1603-1688 ... With Two Maps*](https://books.google.com/books?id=iEhGAAAAYAAJ). Harper & Bros. Retrieved 30 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gullason_5-0)** Gullason, Thomas A. (1 March 2002). [*Stephen Crane's Literary Family: A Garland of Writings*](https://books.google.com/books?id=tPQ4sPwxCeAC&dq=%22Bertha+Gardiner%22&pg=PA5). Syracuse University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8156-2901-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8156-2901-6). Retrieved 30 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Wormell_6-0)** Wormell, Deborah (6 March 1980). [*Sir John Seeley and the Uses of History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSM9AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Bertha+Gardiner%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA90). CUP Archive. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-521-22720-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-22720-9). Retrieved 30 July 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Nolan_7-0)** Nolan, Melanie (3 April 2023). [*Biography: An Historiography*](https://books.google.com/books?id=KgSqEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Bertha%20Gardiner%22%20-wikipedia&pg=PT85). Taylor & Francis. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-429-76083-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-429-76083-9). Retrieved 30 July 2023.

## External links

- [Works by Bertha Gardiner](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/56332) at [Project Gutenberg](/source/Project_Gutenberg) (*King and Commonwealth, a history of the Great rebellion*; *The French Revolution 1789-1795*)

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