| Biography | Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott (17 August 1859 6 June 1945) taught modern history at Oxford University from 1884 to 1920. He was an Honorary fellow, formerly fellow, lecturer and tutor in modern History, of Worcester College, Oxford. He served as a Conservative member of Parliament for Oxford from 19171922 and for York from 19231929. During the course of his lifetime he wrote more than forty books on historical and political subjects, including Makers of Modern Italy (1889), England since Waterloo (1913), The Eastern Question: A Study in European Diplomacy (1917), The English in India: A Problem of Politics (1932), Castlereagh (1936) and The Tragedy of Europe (1941).
He was knighted in 1924. |