George Macaulay Trevelyan

George Macaulay Trevelyan was a British historian and academic.
* He was born in 1876 and died in 1962.
* He was the third son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, and great-nephew of Thomas Babington Macaulay.
* He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1898 to 1903.
* He then spent more than twenty years as a full-time author.
* He returned to the University of Cambridge and was Regius Professor of History from 1927 to 1943.
* He served as Master of Trinity College from 1940 to 1951.
* In retirement, he was Chancellor of Durham University.
* He was a prolific writer and won numerous awards for his work.

Trevelyan was a leading figure in the Whig school of historiography, and his work is characterized by its narrative style and its focus on the role of individuals in history. He is best known for his four-volume history of England, which was published between 1926 and 1934. He was also a popularizer of history, and his books were widely read by the general public.