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Robert William Seton-Watson

British political activist and historian (1879-1951) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 71

Robert William Seton-Watson, commonly referred to as R. W. Seton-Watson and also known by the pseudonym Scotus Viator, was a British political activist and historian who played an active role in encouraging the breakup of Austria-Hungary and the emergence of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia during and after the First World War.

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1951Died25 July 19511930Honorary Doctor of Babeș-Bolyai UniversityAward1928Honorary Doctor of Comenius UniversityAward1920Honorary doctor of the University of ZagrebAward1919Honorary Doctor of the Charles University of PragueAward1879Born20 August 1879

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Honorary Doctor of Babeș-Bolyai University1930
Honorary Doctor of Comenius University1928
Honorary doctor of the University of Zagreb1920
Honorary Doctor of the Charles University of Prague1919
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Honorary Doctor of the University of Belgrade

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United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1879 to 1951 · aged 71