SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD CREASY
1812 - 1878
Photograph: Copyright Oxford University Press

Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy was a historian born in Bexley in Kent.

Edward was an Eton man, went on to King's College, Cambridge, was called to the bar in 1837, and became Sir and Chief Justice of Ceylon in 1860.

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Edward married Mary nee Cottam, and produced five children.

He was the author of The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo. The year? Right after Gutenberg, 1851. Here you can read this work online and for free.

MORE WORKS BY EDWARD CREASY
1848 - The Text-Book of the Constitution
1853 - The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution
1854 - History of the Ottoman Turks, Chiefly Founded on von Hammer 1870 - The Old Love and the New
1872 - The Imperial and Colonial Institutions of the Britannic Empire

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For more battle info in a nutshell on Creasy's 15 battles go here:

Battle of Marathon   Siege of Syracuse   Battle of Arbela  

Battle of the Metaurus   Battle of the Teutoburg Forest  

Battle of Chalons   Battle of Tours   Battle of Hastings  

Siege of Orleans   Defeat of the Spanish Armada  

Battle of Blenheim   Battle of Pultowa   Battle of Saratoga  

Battle of Valmy   Battle of Waterloo