Richard J. Evans
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Sir Richard John Evans FRSL FRHistS FBA FLSW (born September 29, 1947) is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume The Third Reich Trilogy (2003–2008). Evans was Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge from 2008 until his retirement in 2014, and President of Cambridge's Wolfson College from 2010 to 2017. He has been Provost of Gresham College in London since 2014. Evans was appointed Knight Bachelor for services to scholarship in the 2012 Birthday Honours.[2][3]
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Born | Richard John Evans (1947-09-29) September 29, 1947 (age 76) Woodford, London, England |
Parent(s) | Ieuan Trefor Evans, Evelyn (Jones) Evans |
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Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford (MA) St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil) Hamburg University |
Thesis | The women's movement in Germany, 1890–1919 (1972) |
Doctoral advisor | Tony Nicholls[1] |
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Institutions | University of Stirling University of East Anglia Columbia University Umeå University Birkbeck College University of Cambridge Gresham College |
Notable students | Nikolaus Wachsmann Stefan Ihrig |
Main interests | History of Germany Historical method Theory of history Historiography |
Notable works | The Third Reich Trilogy The Pursuit of Power |
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