Description: Lord Trent shaking hands with Dr G M Trevelyan. George Macaulay Trevelyan, the son of the Liberal politician, George Otto Trevelyan, was born in Stratford-on-Avon in 1876. After being educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, he taught modern history. His early books included Giribaldi (1907) and John Bright (1913). After serving in World War I, Trevelyan became regius professor of modern history at Cambridge University. His books include British History in the Nineteenth Century (1922), History of England (1926), George Otto Trevelyan (1932) and English Social History (1944). George Macaulay Trevelyan died in 1962.