Background
SAYLES, George was born on April 20, 1901 in Chesterfield. Son of Reverend L. P. Sayles and Margaret Brown.
SAYLES, George was born on April 20, 1901 in Chesterfield. Son of Reverend L. P. Sayles and Margaret Brown.
Glasgow University and University College London.
Professor, of Modem History, Queen"s University of Belfast 1945-1953. Bumett-Fletcher Professor, of History, Aberdeen University 1953-1962. Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London 1962-1967.
First Kenan Professor, of History, New York University, United States of America 1967.
Honorary Doctor of Letters (Trinity College Dublin), Honorary Doctor of Laws (Glasgow).
Married Agnes Sutherland in 1936.