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Sir John Robert Seeley
Professor Sir John Robert Seeley (1834-1895), Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge
Sir John Robert Seeley, KCMG was an English essayi...view moreProfessor Sir John Robert Seeley (1834-1895), Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge
Sir John Robert Seeley, KCMG was an English essayist and historian. He is most known for his book The Expansion of England (1883), written from the perspective of a contemporary historian, yet influences historical discussions about empire to this day.
Seeley was born in London on September 10, 1834 in London, the son of R. B. Seeley, a publisher and the author of several religious books and of The Life and Times of Edward I. After developing a taste for religious and historical subjects at the City of London School, Seeley went up to Christ's College, Cambridge where he was head of the Classical tripos and senior chancellor's medallist. He was elected a fellow and became Classical tutor of his college.
For a time, he was a master at his old school in London, and in 1863, he was appointed professor of Latin at University College, London. He was made Regius Professor of Modern History, Cambridge in 1869.
In August 1869, Seeley married Mary Agnes Phillot, who survived him. He passed away on January 13, 1895 and is buried in the Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge, with his wife.view less