Horace Kinder Mann

Horace Kinder Mann was a British Catholic priest, historian and author who specialized in the history of the papacy.

Biography

Mann was born in London, England on 27 September 1859.
He died in Edinburgh, Scotland on 1 August 1928.

Education

After being educated at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, Durham, England, he was ordained a priest in 1886.

Career

He taught at St Cuthbert's Grammar School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where he became prefect of discipline from 1887 to 1890, and then headmaster, an office he retained until 1917.
In 1917 he was appointed rector of the Beda College in Rome and received from Pope Benedict XV the rank of domestic prelate.