Geoffrey Elton

Details

Instance of

human

Born

17 August 1921

Died

3 December 1994, 4 December 1994

Place of birth

Tübingen

Place of death

England

Sex or gender

male

Given name

Geoffrey

Family name

Elton

Father

Victor Ehrenberg

Mother

Eva Ehrenberg

Sibling

Lewis Elton

Occupation

writer, historian of Modern Age, historian, university teacher, lawyer

Position held

Regius Professor of History, Cambridge University

Citizenship

United Kingdom, Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Awards

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Knight Bachelor

cause of death

myocardial infarction

educated at

University College London, University of London, Rydal Penrhos

employer

University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow

languages spoken, written or signed

English

manner of death

natural causes

member of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Historical Society

name in native language

Gottfried Rudolf Otto Ehrenberg

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