G. M. Trevelyan OM, CBE, FRS, FBA, Chapel Stile, Cumbria, UK
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N 54° 26.421 W 003° 02.899
30U E 496866 N 6032518
The grave of one of England’s foremost historians
Waymark Code: WM9K4Q
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/28/2010
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George Macaulay Trevelyan, (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962), was one of the foremost English historians.
After attending Harrow, where he specialised in history, Trevelyan studied at Trinity. In 1898 he won a fellowship at Trinity with a dissertation that was published the following year as England in the Age of Wycliffe.
Trevelyan lectured at Cambridge until 1903 at which point he left academic life. In 1927 he returned to the University to take up a position as Regius Professor of Modern History. In 1940 he was appointed as Master of Trinity College and served in the post until 1951 when he retired.
Trevelyan served as Chancellor of Durham University from 1950 to 1958. He won the 1920 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for the biography Lord Grey of the Reform Bill, was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1925, made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1950, and was an honorary doctor of many universities including Cambridge. Trevelyan was also the first president of the Youth Hostels Association.
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Foremost English historian
Date of birth: 02/16/1876
Date of death: 07/21/1962
Area of notoriety: Education
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Not listed
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