James Tait Black Memorial Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (1920) Winner
George Macaulay Trevelyan
ジョージ・マコーレイ・トレヴェリアン
Jōji Makōrei Toreverian
Aliases:
G. M. Trevelyan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1876-02-16 （Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire）
- Died
- 1962-07-21 （Cambridge, Cambridgeshire） age 86
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, England
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Welcombe House, Stratford-upon-Avon → Wallington Hall, Northumberland → Cambridge
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Academic
- Active Years
- 1898-1962
- Affiliations
- Trinity College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Durham University
- Memberships
- Cambridge Apostles, Youth Hostels Association (first president), National Trust, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (International Honorary Member), American Philosophical Society (International Member)
- Influenced By
- Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lord Acton
- Influenced
- J. H. Plumb
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wixenford School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Harrow School | — | History | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Trinity College, Cambridge | — | History | — | — | United Kingdom |
Wixenford School
Country:
United Kingdom
Harrow School
History
Country:
United Kingdom
Trinity College, Cambridge
History
Year of Graduation:
1898
Country:
United Kingdom
Fellowship obtained
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | James Tait Black Memorial Prize | Lord Grey of the Reform Bill | — | — | winner |
| — | Order of Merit (OM) | — | — | British monarch | 受章 |
| — | Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) | — | — | British government | 受章 |
| 1950 | Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) | — | — | Royal Society | 選出 |
| 1925 | Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) | — | — | British Academy | 選出 |
| 1915 | Silver Medal of Military Valor | — | — | Kingdom of Italy | 受章 |
James Tait Black Memorial Prize
1920
Work:
Lord Grey of the Reform Bill
Result:
winner
Order of Merit (OM)
Organization:
British monarch
Result:
受章
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Organization:
British government
Result:
受章
Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)
1950
Organization:
Royal Society
Result:
選出
Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)
1925
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
選出
Silver Medal of Military Valor
1915
Organization:
Kingdom of Italy
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic
1907 HistoryDepicts Garibaldi's defense of the Roman Republic.
RisorgimentoWhig liberalism
Garibaldi and the Thousand
1909 HistoryCovers Garibaldi's Thousand expedition.
Italian unificationHero worship
Garibaldi and the Making of Italy
1911 HistoryGaribaldi and the formation of Italy.
LibertyProgress
English Social History
1944 HistoryOverview of English social history, his bestseller.
LibertyProgressWhig history
History of England
1926 HistorySearches for the deepest meaning of English history.
Parliamentary governmentRule of law
Bibliography
- England in the Age of Wycliffe
- England Under the Stuarts
- Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic
- Garibaldi and the Thousand
- Garibaldi and the Making of Italy
- The Life of John Bright
- Lord Grey of the Reform Bill
- British History in the Nineteenth Century
- England Under Queen Anne
- English Social History
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Literate narrativeUnfettered by scholarly neutralityPoetical sympathy
- Recurring Motifs
- Whig PartyLiberalismItalian patriotsProgress in English history
Health
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Defective eyesight生涯Unfit for military service
Legacy
Most famous, honored, influential, and widely read historian of his generation in first half of 20th century. Last of the Whig historians.
Academic Societies
- British Academy
In Popular Culture
- Trevelyan College at Durham University named after him.
Quotes
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Without bias, I should never have written them at all. For I was moved to write them by a poetical sympathy with the passions of the Italian patriots of the period, which I retrospectively shared.
Source: Bias in History
Trivia
- Attended Wixenford, Harrow, Trinity College.
- First president of Youth Hostels Association.
- Commanded British Red Cross ambulance unit on Italian front in WWI.