George
Macaulay Trevelyan, the son of the Liberal
politician, George Otto Trevelyan, was
born in Stratford-on-Avon in 1876. After being educated at Harrow
and Trinity College, Cambridge, he taught
modern history. His early books included Giribaldi (1907) and
John Bright (1913).
Although his older brother, Charles Trevelyan,
resigned from Asquith's government in protest at Britain's involvement
in the First World War, George served in the
British Army.
After the war, Trevelyan became regius professor of modern history
at Cambridge University. His books include
British History in the Nineteenth Century
(1922), History of England (1926),
George Otto Trevelyan (1932)
and English Social History (1944).
George Macaulay Trevelyan died in 1962.
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