Sir John Robert Seeley, (1834 – 1895) was an English essayist and historian. The son of R. B. Seeley, a publisher and author of several religious books and of The Life and Times of Edward I, Seeley developed a taste for religious and historical subjects. He was educated at the City of London School and at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he was head of the classical tripos and senior chancellor's medallist, was elected fellow and became classical tutor of his college. For a time he was a master at his old school, and in 1863 was appointed professor of Latin at University College, London. He was made Regius Professor of Modern History, Cambridge in 1869.
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For an essay on his works, written in 1895 for the English Historical Review, see:
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Roman imperialism. I.: The great Roman revolution.--Roman imperialism. II.: The proximate cause of the fall of the Roman Empire.--Roman imperialism. III.: The later empire. Milton's political opinions. Milton's poetry. Elementary principles in art. Liberal education in universities. English in schools. The Church as a teacher of morality. The teaching of politics, an inaugural
lecture delivered at Cambridge
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