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Hugh E. (Hugh Exton) Seebohm
1867–1946
A British writer and scholar from a notable Hertfordshire family, he is best remembered for a close study of how kinship and social organization shaped ancient Greece. His work has the feel of careful Victorian-era research, blending classical history with a wider interest in older social systems.
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On The Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay
by Hugh E. (Hugh Exton) Seebohm
About the author
Born in 1867, Hugh Exton Seebohm was an English author whose best-known surviving work is On the Structure of Greek Tribal Society: An Essay, published in 1895. Library and catalog records confirm him as the author of that study, which examines tribal organization, landholding, and social customs in ancient Greece.
Seebohm came from the well-known Seebohm family of Hertfordshire. Archival and biographical records link him to Frederic Seebohm, the banker and historian, and later records connected with his family show Hugh Exton Seebohm living from 1867 to 1946.
Although he is not a widely famous literary figure today, his work remains of interest to readers drawn to older scholarship on classical society and social history. His writing reflects a late-19th-century effort to understand the ancient world through patterns of law, kinship, and communal life.