Episode 2999
John Marriott (British politician)
Sun, 2025-Jul-20 00:58 UTC
Length - 1:38
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The random article for Sunday, 20 July 2025, is John Marriott (British politician).
Sir John Arthur Ransome Marriott (17 August 1859 – 6 June 1945) was a British educationist, historian, and Conservative member of parliament (MP).
Marriott taught modern history at the University of Oxford from 1884 to 1920. He was an Honorary fellow, formerly fellow, lecturer and tutor in modern History, of Worcester College, Oxford. He was the Conservative MP for Oxford from 1917 to 1922, and for York from 1923 to 1929. After defeat in 1929, he retired from active politics.
During the course of his lifetime, Marriott wrote more than forty books on British and European history, as well as current political subjects. He was knighted in 1924.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:58 UTC on Sunday, 20 July 2025.
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