Today, 136 years ago, on April 14, 1889 (March 15, 1889), the British historian Tonebee was born. On April 14, 1889, the British historian Tonebee A. Yorke was born in London. Graduated from Oxford University in 1911; Professor of History at the University of London in 1919; began working at the Department of Intelligence of the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1915; attended the Paris Convention in 1919; headed the Department of International History of the London School of Economics in 1925. In 1921 he planned a massive study of history, which he wrote from 1927 to 1928. He published twelve volumes from 1934 to 1961, commenting on the history of the world. He focused on unwritten civilisations and civilisations outside Europe. He proposed a historical philosophy based on the analysis of the cycles and declines of various