Geoffrey Elton

Sir

Geoffrey Elton

FBA
Sir; Geoffrey Elton; FBA
Born	Gottfried Rudolf Otto Ehrenberg; 17 August 1921; Tübingen, Germany
Died	4 December 1994 (aged 73); Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Alma mater	University College London
Occupation(s)	Historian, writer
Spouse	Sheila Lambert (m. 1952)
Parents	Victor Ehrenberg; Eva Dorothea Sommer;
Relatives	Lewis Elton (brother); Ben Elton (nephew); Hans Ehrenberg (uncle); Andrew S. C. Ehrenberg (cousin); Victor Ehrenberg (great-uncle); Richard Ehrenberg (great-uncle);

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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