Creasy, Edward Shepherd (1812–1878)

English historian and lawyer. He was appointed professor of history at London University in 1840 and was chief justice of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) 1860–70. His best-known work is The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World 1851. He was knighted in 1860.

Creasy was born in Bexley, Kent, and studied at Cambridge University. He became a barrister in 1837 and served as assistant judge at the Westminster Sessions Court.