About the Author
Born in 1812, Edward Shepard Creasy was raised in Kent and was educated at Eton College and King’s College, Cambridge. He became an assistant judge at the Westminster sessions court before accepting a professorship in modern and ancient history at the University of London. During his tenure, he published works on the Ottoman Empire and English military and political history. In 1860 he received a knighthood and was appointed chief justice for the British colony of Ceylon. With his health failing, Creasy returned to England and died in 1878.
