Geoffrey Elton

Historian, Academic

1921 – 1994

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Who was Geoffrey Elton?

Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton was a German-born British political and constitutional historian, specializing in the Tudor period. He taught at Clare College, Cambridge and was the Regius Professor of Modern History there from 1983 to 1988.

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Born
Aug 17, 1921
Tübingen
Also known as
  • G.R. Elton
Parents
Siblings
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Germans
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • University of London
Employment
  • Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge
    (1983 - )
Died
Dec 3, 1994
England

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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