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He gave himself diligently to mathematics, which he liked "vastly." "I believe they are useful," he writes, "and I am sure they are entertaining, which is alone enough to recommend them to me."

Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet

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Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
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Born: July 20, 1838
Died: August 17, 1928 (aged 90)
Bio: Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet OM PC was a British statesman and author. In a ministerial career stretching almost 30 years, he was most notably twice Secretary for Scotland under William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery.

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