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Robert Seton-Watson

British political activist and historian

Lived
1879–1951
Also writes as
Rubicon, Scotus Viator

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About Robert Seton-Watson

Robert William Seton-Watson, commonly referred to as R. W. Seton-Watson and also known by the pseudonym Scotus Viator, was a British political activist and historian who played an active role in encouraging the breakup of Austria-Hungary and the emergence of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia during and after the First World War.

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