Seeley

(John Robert), English historian and man of letters , b. London, 1834, educated at City of London School and Cambridge, where he graduated in ’57. In ’63, he was appointed Profe or of Latin in London University. In ’66, appeared his Ecce Homo , a survey of the Life and Work of Jesus Christ, published anonymously, and which Lord Shaftesbury denounced in unmeasured terms as vomitted from the pit of hell. In ’69, he became profe or of modern history at Cambridge, and has since written some important historical works as well as Natural Religion (’82). Prof. Seeley is president of the Ethical Society.