Author:Edward Shepherd Creasy

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Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812–1878)

sister projects: Wikipedia article. British historian, educated at Eton College and Cambridge University and called to the Bar in 1837. He became in 1840 Professor of History, London University, and in 1860, Chief Justice of Ceylon, when he was knighted.

Works

• The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World (1852)
• The chapter "The Battle of Marathon" from The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1, 1905
• Several chapters from The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2, 1905:
  • "Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse"
  • "The Battle of Arbela"
  • "Battle of the Metaurus"
  • "Germans under Arminius Revolt Against Rome"

Works about Creasy

• “Creasy, Sir Edward Shepherd” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.

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