George Macaulay Trevelyan

[English] George Macaulay Trevelyan (born 1876 in Welcombe House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire; died 1962 in 23 West Road, Garden Corner, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, buried in Chapel Stile, Cumbria, England), was a British historian, liberal Member of Parliament, minister, landowner and conservationist. Trevelyan was the third son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928), 2nd Baronet of Trevelyan. The Historian Thomas Babington Macaulay was a maternal grand-uncle of Trevelyan.

[Deutsch] George Macaulay Trevelyan (geb. 1876 in Welcombe House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire; gest. 21. Juli 1962 in 23 West Road, Garden Corner, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, begraben in Chapel Stile, Cumbria, England) war ein britischer Historiker, liberaler Abgeordneter, Minister, Grundbesitzer und Naturschützer. Trevelyan war der dritte Sohn von Sir George Otto Trevelyan (1838-1928), 2. Baronet von Trevelyan. Der Historiker Thomas Babington Macaulay war ein Großonkel mütterlicherseits Trevelyans.

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