Sir Sidney James Mark Low | |
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Born |
Blackheath, UK | 22 January 1857
Died | 14 January 1932
Kensington, UK | (aged 74)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, Author |
Employer | The Standard |
Parent | Maximilian Low |
Relatives |
Barbara Low (sister) A. Maurice Low (brother) Ivy Low Litvinov (niece) |
Sir Sidney James Mark Low (22 January 1857 – 14 January 1932) was a British journalist, historian, and essayist. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
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. [6]
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. [7] He received a first class degree in modern history in 1879. [7] He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1892. [7]
He was the editor of the St. James's Gazette from 1888 to 1897, and was a leader writer and literary editor for the Standard. [7] [8] 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. [7] From 1901 to 1905 he was an alderman on the London County Council for the Conservative-backed Moderate Party. [7]
During the First World War he was a journalist in France and Italy, and edited the wireless service of the Ministry of Information. [7] He was knighted in 1918. [7]
Low was twice married. In 1887 he married Elsie Davison, who died in 1921. In 1924 his second marriage was to Ebba Cecilia Byström, of Stockholm, [7] who has translated several works of George Bernard Shaw to Swedish.
He spent his later years writing and lecturing in imperial and colonial history at King's College, London. [7] He died suddenly at his Kensington home in January 1932, aged 74. [7]
In addition to this, Low wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography.