George Trevelyan and Historical Objectivity

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: George Trevelyan and Historical Objectivity Friday 16 February 2024 is the 148th anniversary of the birth of George Macaulay Trevelyan (16 February 1876 – 21 July 1962), who was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on this date in 1876. Trevelyan wrote during the heyday of empire but lived long enough to see the end of empire, and he began as an academic who eventually left academia to become a full time writer of history—very successfully, as it turns out, as Trevelyan became one of the most widely read historians of his time. In this episode I discuss Trevelyan’s 1947 essay, “Bias in History,” which can serve as an introduction to the problem of objectivity in history. Quora: Discord: Links: Newsletter: #philosophy #history #philosophyofhistory #Trevelyan #bias #objectivity