Lewis Sergeant
Lewis Sergeant was an English journalist and author.
Life
The son of John Sergeant, a schoolmaster at Cheltenham School, and his wife Mary Anne, daughter of George Lewis, he was born at Barrow-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, on 10 November 1841. Adeline Sergeant was his first cousin, the daughter of Richard Sergeant, his father's brother.After education under a private tutor, Sergeant matriculated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, in 1861, graduating B.A. with mathematical honours in 1865. At the Cambridge Union he showed himself a Liberal and supporter of W. E. Gladstone. On leaving college, he spent a period as assistant master under Henry Hayman at Cheltenham grammar school.
Lewis then moved into journalism, becoming editor, in succession, of An anti-Game Law Journal, of The Examiner, and the Hereford Times. He then had a long period with The Athenæum and with the London Daily Chronicle as lead writer. He was also a recognised authority on education, was elected to the council of the College of Preceptors, and edited the Educational Times from 1895 to 1902.
A Hellenophile, from 1878 Sergeant acted as secretary of the Greek committee in London. George I of Greece bestowed on him the Order of the Redeemer in October 1878.
Sergeant died at Bournemouth on 3 February 1902.
Works
Sergeant's historical writings cover a wide range, and included:- England's Policy: its Traditions and Problems, Edinburgh, 1881.
- William Pitt, in the "English Political Leaders" series, 1882.
- John Wyclif, in the "Heroes of the Nations" series, 1893.
- The Franks in the "Story of the Nations" series, 1898.