# Sidney Low

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{{short description|British journalist, author and historian}}
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'''Sir Sidney James Mark Low''' (22 January 1857 – 14 January 1932) was a British journalist, historian, and essayist.<ref name=odnb>{{cite ODNB |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34608 |title=Low, Sir Sidney James Mark (1857–1932) |author=Andrew S. Thompson |date=September 2004 }}</ref><ref>The Encyclopedia of Jewish Life</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0013_0_12790.html |title=Low |year=2008 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Judaica |publisher=Jewish virtual Library |access-date=16 November 2009 }}</ref><ref>Chapman-Huston, Desmond, The Lost Historian: A Memoir of Sir Sidney Low, London, 1936</ref><ref name=whistler>{{cite web |url=http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/people/biog/?bid=Low_SJ&initial=L |title=Sidney James Mark Low, 1857–1932 |work=The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler |publisher=[University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow) |access-date=16 November 2009 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Low was born to [Jewish](/source/Jews) parents Therese ([née](/source/n%C3%A9e) Schacherl; 1835–1887) and Maximillian Loewe (1830–1900), who emigrated to Britain from [Hungary](/source/Kingdom_of_Hungary) following the [1848 uprising](/source/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1848).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Easley |first=Alexis |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-58328 |title=Low, Frances Helena (1862–1939), journalist and anti-suffragist |date=2018-06-14 |publisher=Oxford University Press |volume=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.58328|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 }}</ref>

Following education at [King's College School](/source/King's_College_School), [London](/source/London) he went to the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford). Initially an undergraduate at [Pembroke College](/source/Pembroke_College%2C_Oxford), he moved to [Balliol](/source/Balliol_College%2C_Oxford) when he was awarded a Brakenby scholarship.<ref name="obit" /> He received a first class degree in modern history in 1879.<ref name="obit" /> He was [called to the bar](/source/barrister) at the [Inner Temple](/source/Inner_Temple) in 1892.<ref name="obit" />

He was the editor of the ''[St. James's Gazette](/source/St._James's_Gazette)'' from 1888 to 1897, and was a leader writer and literary editor for the ''[Standard](/source/Evening_Standard)''.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Sir Sidney Low, Journalist and Author |newspaper=[The Times](/source/The_Times) |date=14 January 1932 |page=14 }}</ref><ref name=chapman>{{cite book |title=The Lost Historian: A Memoir of Sir Sidney Low |last=Chapman-Huston |first=Desmond |year=1936 |publisher=Murray |location=London }}</ref> He was the paper's special correspondent on a number of occasions, covering such events as the visit of the [Prince of Wales](/source/Edward_VII_of_the_United_Kingdom) to India, the coronation of [Haakon VII of Norway](/source/Haakon_VII_of_Norway) and the [Hague Conference of 1907](/source/Hague_Conventions_(1899_and_1907)).<ref name=obit/> From 1901 to 1905 he was an [alderman](/source/alderman) on the [London County Council](/source/London_County_Council) for the [Conservative](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))-backed [Moderate Party](/source/Municipal_Reform_Party).<ref name=obit/>

During the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) he was a journalist in France and Italy, and edited the wireless service of the [Ministry of Information](/source/Ministry_of_Information_(United_Kingdom)).<ref name=obit/> He was knighted in 1918.<ref name=obit/>

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](/source/Stockholm),<ref name=obit/> who has translated several works of [George Bernard Shaw](/source/George_Bernard_Shaw) to Swedish.

He spent his later years writing and lecturing in imperial and colonial history at [King's College, London](/source/King's_College%2C_London).<ref name=obit/> He died suddenly at his [Kensington](/source/Kensington) home in January 1932, aged 74.<ref name=obit/>

==Works==
* ''The Dictionary of English History'' (1884) and subsequent editions (in collaboration with F. S. Puling)<ref name=whistler/> ''[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofengl0001lows/page/n7 Link, vol I]'' ''[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofengl0002lows/page/n5/mode/2up Link, vol II]''
* ''[https://archive.org/details/governanceofengl00lowsiala/page/n10/mode/2up The Governance of England]'' (1904), revised edition (1914)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/download/governanceofeng00lowsiala/governanceofeng00lowsiala.pdf |title=The governance of England |year=1914 |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=16 November 2009 }}</ref>
* ''The Political History of the Reign of Queen Victoria''
* ''The British Constitution''
* ''[https://archive.org/details/egyptintransiti00lowgoog/page/n8/mode/2up Egypt in Transition]''  (1914)<ref>{{cite book |author=Sir Sidney Low |url=https://www.questia.com/library/book/egypt-in-transition-by-sir-sidney-low.jsp |title=Egypt in Transition |year=1914 |publisher= The MacMillan Company |location=New York}}</ref>
* ''[https://archive.org/details/visionofindia00lowsuoft/page/n8/mode/2up A Vision of India]'' (1906)
* ''[https://archive.org/details/historyenglandd00lowgoog/page/n9/mode/2up 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)
* [https://archive.org/details/spiritofalliedna00lows/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Spirit of the Allied Nations''] (1915)
* ''The North American Review'', [https://archive.org/details/jstor-25108839/page/n1/mode/2up ''English Democracy in Wartime''] (1916)
* ''[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027811995/page/n10/mode/2up Italy in the War]'' (1916)
* ''Igor I Sikorsky''
* ''The British Constitution: Its Growth and Character'' (1928)
* ''The Indian States and Ruling Princes'' (1929)
* {{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/02/15/100139320.pdf |title=Suggests Germany wants war with us |newspaper=The New York Times |date=15 February 1915}}
* {{cite news |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/07/30/120287323.pdf |title=Mr. Alden's views |work=The New York Times  |date=30 July 1904}}

In addition to this, Low wrote articles for the ''[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)''.

==References==
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==External links==
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