Geoffrey Elton
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Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton FBA (born Gottfried Rudolf Otto Ehrenberg; 17 August 1921 – 4 December 1994) was a German-born British political and constitutional historian, specialising 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 | Gottfried Rudolf Otto Ehrenberg (1921-08-17)17 August 1921 |
Died | 4 December 1994(1994-12-04) (aged 73) Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England |
Alma mater | University College London |
Occupation(s) | Historian, writer |
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Sheila Lambert (m. 1952) |
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