has been said "he was one of the small class of persons whose practical adhesion to their convictions is only made more resolute by its colliding with popular sentiment or with self-interest". His health was always uncertain, probably his sojourn in Australia prolonged his life. But the debt he owed Australia was more than repaid by the public services he rendered." Sources Marilyn Lake, "The White Man under Siege: New Histories of Race in the Nineteenth Century and the Advent of White Australia," History Workshop Journal 58 (2004) 41–62 in Project Muse John Tregenza, Professor of Democracy: the Life of Charles Henry Pearson 1830–1894, Oxford Don and Australian Radical, Melbourne, 1968 Charles H. Pearson, Reviews and Critical Essays, ed. Herbert Augustus Strong, London, 1896 full text online Charles H. Pearson, History of England During the Early and Middle Ages (1876) text online References External links Pearson books online 1830 births 1894 deaths People educated at Rugby School Alumni of King's College London Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Presidents of the Oxford Union Academics of King's College London 19th-century Australian politicians Victoria (Australia) state politicians Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly English non-fiction writers English male non-fiction writers RMIT University people 19th-century Australian historians