Sir Sidney James Mark Low (22 January 1857 – 14 January 1932) was a British journalist, historian, and essayist.

Biography

Low was born to

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parents Therese ( née Schacherl; 1835–1887) and Maximillian Loewe (1830–1900), who emigrated to Britain from

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following the 1848 uprising. Following education at

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he went to the

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. Initially an undergraduate at Pembroke College, he moved to Balliol when he was awarded a Brakenby scholarship. He received a first class degree in modern history in 1879. He was called to the bar at the

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in 1892. He was the editor of the '' St. James's Gazette'' from 1888 to 1897, and was a leader writer and literary editor for the ''

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''. He was the paper's special correspondent on a number of occasions, covering such events as the visit of the

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to India, the coronation of Haakon VII of Norway and the Hague Conference of 1907. From 1901 to 1905 he was an

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on the

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for the

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-backed

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. During the

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he was a journalist in France and Italy, and edited the wireless service of the Ministry of Information. He was knighted in 1918. Low was twice married. In 1887 he married Elsie Davison, who died in 1921. In 1924 his second marriage was to Ebba Cecilia Byström, of Stockholm, who has translated several works of

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to Swedish. He spent his later years writing and lecturing in imperial and colonial history at

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. He died suddenly at his Kensington home in January 1932, aged 74.

Works

* ''The Dictionary of English History'' (1884) and subsequent editions (in collaboration with F. S. Puling)
Link, vol I
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' *
The Governance of England
' (1904), revised edition (1914) * ''The Political History of the Reign of Queen Victoria'' * ''The British Constitution'' *
Egypt in Transition
' (1914) *
A Vision of India
' (1906) *
The History of England during the Reign of Victoria
' (1907) (in collaboration with L. C. Sanders) * ''A Vision of India as Seen during the Tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales'' (1907) *
Italy in the War
' (1916) * ''Igor I Sikorsky'' * ''The British Constitution: Its Growth and Character'' (1928) * ''The Indian States and Ruling Princes'' (1929) * * In addition to this, Low wrote articles for the '' Dictionary of National Biography''.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Low, Sidney James Mark 1857 births 1932 deaths British Jewish writers People educated at King's College School, London Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple Members of London County Council British male journalists British historians British war correspondents Knights Bachelor Municipal Reform Party politicians Academics of King's College London