William Reddaway

William Fiddian Reddaway (Middleton, Lancashire 2 August 1872 – 31 January 1949)^[1] was an academic and author^[2] in the very late 19th and early 20th centuries.^[3]

Portrait by Philip de László, 1926

Reddaway was educated at The Leys School and King's College, Cambridge.^[4] He was a Fellow of King's from 1897; and a Tutor at Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge from 1898^[5] to 1907. He was also University Lecturer in History and Director of Scandinavian Studies; and Censor of Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge from 1907 to 1924.^[6]

He was extremely helpful in the admission of Subhas Chandra Bose in Cambridge, and his efforts prevented the loss of a term for Bose due to the delay in his admission.^[7] Subhas Bose also consulted him before he resigned from the Indian Civil Service. Reddaway heartily approved of his ideas, although surprised. Agreeing with Bose, he said that he preferred a journalistic career to a monotonous one like the Civil Service.^[8]

Selected publications

• The Monroe Doctrine. The University Press, Cambridge 1898, (online).
• The Monroe Doctrine. The University Press, Cambridge 1898, (online).
• Frederick the Great and the rise of Prussia. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York NY etc. 1904,^[9] (online).
• Frederick the Great and the rise of Prussia. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York NY etc. 1904,^[10] (online).
• Introduction to the study of Russian history (= Helps for students of history. No. 25, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London etc. 1920, (online).
• Marshal Pilsudski. Routledge, London 1939.
• Modern European history. A general sketch (1492–1924). Arnold, London 1924.
• as editor: Documents of Catherine the Great. The Correspondence with Voltaire, and the Instruction of 1767 in the English text of 1768. University Press, Cambridge etc. 1931.
• A History of Europe from 1715 to 1814 (= Methuen’s History of medieval and modern Europe. 7, ZDB-ID 1404770-6). Methuen, London 1936.
• Problems of the Baltic (= Current Problems. 2, ZDB-ID 421590-4). University Press, Cambridge etc. 1940.
• A History of Europe from 1610 to 1715 (= Methuen's History of medieval and modern Europe. 6). Methuen, London 1948.