J. A. R. Marriott

About the Author

John Arthur Ransome Marriott (1859-1945) was an English historian and politician who served as a Conservative member of Parliament for Oxford and, later, York.  Knighted in 1924, he was also an Honorary fellow, and former lecturer and professor, of Oxford.  Among his many books are Makers of Modern Italy (1889), England Since Waterloo (1913), and The Tragedy of Europe (1941).