Aug 17, 1921Tübingen, Baden Württemberg, GermanyDied on 03 Dec 1994 (aged 73)
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About Geoffrey Elton
Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton (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.