Robert John Grote Mayor

Robert "Robin" John Grote Mayor (20 August 1869 – 19 June 1947) was a British civil servant at the Education Department and philosopher.

Early life and education

Mayor was born in Twickenham, Surrey, into two prominent families. His father was noted scholar Joseph Bickersteth Mayor, a member of the distinguished Bickersteth ecclesiastical family. His mother, Alexandrina Jessie Grote, was the niece of historian George Grote, philosopher John Grote, and colonial administrator Arthur Grote.

His younger sister was the writer Flora Macdonald Mayor.

Philosophy Mayor was devoted to philosophy. Following his retirement from the civil service, he devoted his time to a book on the subject. He sent the final pages to the typist in June and unexpectedly died shortly after. It was published in 1952.

He died at the National Temperance Hospital in London, the day after an operation.