Robert Seton-Watson

Robert William Seton-Watson FBA FRHistS
Born	(1879-08-20)20 August 1879 London, England
Died	25 July 1951(1951-07-25) (aged 71) Skye, Scotland
Nationality	British
Alma mater	New College, Oxford
Occupation	Historian
Years active	1901–1949
Known for	Political activist
Title	President, Royal Historical Society
Term	1946–1949
Children	Hugh Seton-Watson[1] Christopher Seton-Watson Mary Seton-Watson
Parent(s)	William Livingstone Watson Elizabeth Lindsay Seton

Robert William Seton-Watson FBA FRHistS (20 August 1879, in London – 25 July 1951, in Skye), 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.^[2]

He was the father of two eminent historians, Hugh, who specialised in 19th-century Russian history, and Christopher, who worked on 19th-century Italy.