Seton-Watson, Professor Robert William (1879–1951)

Seton-Watson was important as the first British historian of central and southeastern Europe. His historical knowledge also allowed him to influence government policy toward the region at the end of the First World War.

Forenames:

Robert William

Surname:

Seton-Watson

Title:

Professor

Dates:

1879–1951

Institutions:

HM Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
Royal Historical Society
University of London (School of Slavonic Studies, King's College - now SSEES, UCL)
University of Oxford

Significant posts:

President, Royal Historical Society
Masaryk Professor of Central European History, University of London (School of Slavonic Studies, King's College)
Professor of Czechosovak Studies, University of Oxford

Contemporaries:

Pares, Bernard

Themes:

Central European history
Contemporary history
International history

Biographies:

Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Obituaries:

Times

Bibliography

• Bibliography from Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)

Personal papers

• National Register of Archives

Significant publications

• R. W. Seton-Watson, The Southern Slav Question and the Habsburg Monarchy (London, 1911)
• R. W. Seton-Watson, Britain and the dictators (1938)
• R. W. Seton-Watson, A History of the Czechs and Slovaks (1943)

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