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Elton, Sir Geoffrey Rudolph (1921-1994) historian
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- Ehrenberg, Gottfried Rudolph Otto
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1921-1994
History
Historian of the sixteenth century, lecturer, then professor, at Cambridge University, president of the Royal Historical Society. Appointed regius chair of history in succession to Owen Chadwick in 1983. Knighted in 1986.
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GB 275 002963