Originally published 1923...Sir George Walter Prothero, KBE (14 October 1848 – 10 July 1922) was an English writer and historian, and President of the Royal Historical Society. Following the outbreak of World War I, Prothero worked as Historical Advisor to the Foreign Office, and in this capacity attended the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. For his services to the war effort, he was created Knight Commander of the British Empire in 1920. He died in 1922.