Background
Pears was born on March 18, 1835 in York, England, United Kingdom.
Pears was born on March 18, 1835 in York, England, United Kingdom.
He was educated privately and at the University of London where he took first-class honours in Roman law and jurisprudence.
He is known for his 1911 book Turkey and its People. Pears was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1870. He was also private secretary to Frederick Temple, then Bishop of Exeter, and later Archbishop of Canterbury.
Pears was also secretary to various associations connected with social work in London.
Pears settled in in 1873. He practised in the consular courts and becoming president of the European bar there.
He rose to become one of the leaders of the British colony in Pears travelled much through Turkish dominions, and studied Turkish history from both the Turkish and foreign perspectives. In this way, Pears acquired an intimate knowledge of Turkey.
In 1876, as correspondent of The Daily News, he sent letters home describing Ottoman atrocities and the April Uprising in Bulgaria which aroused popular demonstrations in England led by William Ewart Gladstone.
At the time, the reports of these atrocities were generally disbelieved and Pears" letters placed all the incontrovertible facts before the English people. In 1916, Pears wrote Forty Years in This book is regarded as essential reading for the study of the Ottoman constitutional revolution of 1908. In 1909, Pears was knighted, returning to London to receive the honour in person on 22 July 1909.
In 1911, Pears wrote the book Turkey and its People.
lieutenant is regarded as his most distinguished book In that book, he displayed his expert knowledge of Byzantine The book contains original material on the nationalities of the Ottoman empire.
The book was an attempt to interpret Turkey to the western people. Pears died on 27 November 1919 in Malta from an accident on his journey home from.
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