GM Trevelyan

Historian

Birthday February 16, 1876

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Jul 21, 1962 (86)

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About

English historian and Whig Party promoter. He penned numerous historical works, including England in the Age of Wycliffe, Lord Grey of the Reform Bill, and England Under Queen Anne.

Before Fame

He belonged to the Cambridge Apostles, a secret society.

Trivia

He was one of the last prominent historians of the Whig tradition.

Family Life

His great-uncle, Thomas Babington Macaulay, was a Whig politician, and his maternal grandfather, Robert Needham Philips, was a Liberal Member of the British Parliament.

Associated With

His family owned an estate in Stratford-Upon-Avon, which was also the birthplace of playwright William Shakespeare.