Robert William Seton-Watson

Robert William Seton-Watson

Robert William Seton-Watson (August 20, 1879–July 25, 1951), commonly referred to as R.W. Seton-Watson, he also used the pseudonym Scotus Viator, was a British historian who also played an active role in encouraging the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during and after World War I. [See, for example, Glenn Torrey, review of "R. W. Seton-Watson and the Romanians, 1906-1920", by Cornella Bodea and Hugh Seton-Watson, "The American Historical Review", Vol. 95, No. 5. (Dec., 1990), 1581. [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762(199012)95%3A5%3C1581%3ARWSATR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L] ] In 1917-1918, Seton-Watson served on the Intelligence Bureau of the War Cabinet in the Enemy Propaganda Department where he was responsible for British propaganda to the Austrian and Hungarian peoples. [ [http://www.ssees.ac.uk/archives/sew.htm SSEES] ] . He was the father of two eminent historians, Hugh who specialised in nineteenth century Russian history, and Christopher, who worked on nineteenth century Italy.

Works

*"Racial Problems in Hungary" (1908)
*"The Southern Slav Question" (1911)
*"Sarajevo : A Study In The Origin Of The Great War" (1926)
*"A History Of The Roumanians" (1934)
*"Disraeli, Gladstone And The Eastern Question" (1935)
*"Britain In Europe (1789-1914): A Survey Of Foreign Policy" (1937)
*"Britain And The Dictators: A Survey Of Post-War British Policy" (1938)
*"From Munich to Danzig" (1939)
*"Masaryk In England" (1943)
*"A History Of The Czechs And Slovaks" (1943)

ee also

* Wickham Steed

Notes

References

*Calcott, W. R. "The Last War Aim: British Opinion and the Decision for Czechoslovak Independence, 1914-1919." "The Historical Journal", Vol. 27, No. 4. (Dec., 1984), 979-989.
*Evans, R., Kováč, D., Ivaničová, E. "Great Britain and Central Europe 1867-1914", Veda - Publishing House of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1992.
*May, Arthur J. "R. W. Seton-Watson and British Anti-Hapsburg Sentiment". "American Slavic and East European Review", Vol. 20, No. 1. (Feb., 1961), 40-54.:----. "Seton-Watson and the Treaty of London." "The Journal of Modern History", Vol. 29, No. 1. (Mar., 1957), 42-47.
*(ed.) Rychlík et al.: "R. W. Seton-Watson and his Relations with the Czechs and Slovaks. R. W. Seton-Watson a jeho vztahy k Čechům a Slovákům. R. W. Seton-Watson a jeho vzťahy k Čechom a Slovákom. Documents. Dokumenty. 1906-1951", 2 vols., 1995-1996.
*Torrey, Glenn. Review of "R. W. Seton-Watson and the Romanians, 1906-1920" [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762(199012)95%3A5%3C1581%3ARWSATR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-L] , by Cornella Bodea and Hugh Seton-Watson, "The American Historical Review", Vol. 95, No. 5. (Dec., 1990), 1581.

External links

* Scotus Viator (pseudonym), " [http://uk.geocities.com/gogastransylvania/Seton-Watson/RacialProblems.htm Racial Problems in Hungary] ", London: Archibald and Constable (1908), reproduced in its entirety on line.


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