About Sidney James Mark Low
Lived 1857 – 1932 (aged 74). Sidney James Mark Low was a British journalist and historian.
Sir Sidney James Mark Low (22 January 1857 – 14 January 1932) was a British journalist, historian, and essayist.
Biography Low was born to Jewish parents Therese (née Schacherl; 1835–1887) and Maximillian Loewe (1830–1900), who emigrated to Britain from Hungary following the 1848 uprising.
Following education at King's College School, London he went to the University of Oxford. Initially an undergraduate at Pembroke College, he moved to Balliol when he was awarded a Brakenby scholarship. He was the paper's special correspondent on a number of occasions, covering such events as the visit of the Prince of Wales to India, the coronation of Haakon VII of Norway and the Hague Conference of 1907. The Political History of the Reign of Queen Victoria The British Constitution Egypt in Transition (1914) A Vision of India (1906) The History of England during the Reign of Victoria (1907) (in collaboration with L. C. Sanders) A Vision of India as Seen during the Tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales (1907) The Spirit of the Allied Nations (1915) The North American Review, English Democracy in Wartime (1916) Italy in the War (1916) Igor I Sikorsky The British Constitution: Its Growth and Character (1928) The Indian States and Ruling Princes (1929)
In addition to this, Low wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography.
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British journalist and historian (1857-1932)
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Sidney James Mark Low was born on 22 January 1857 in Blackheath.
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Sidney James Mark Low died on 14 January 1932 in Kensington.
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Sidney James Mark Low was a journalist and historian.
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Sidney James Mark Low was British.
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