Peter Clemoes, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPeter Clemoes
British historian
Date of Birth: 20-Jan-1920
Date of Death: 16-Mar-1996
Profession: historian
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Peter Clemoes
- Peter Alan Martin Clemoes (20 January 1920 – 16 March 1996) was a British historian. Born in Southend-on-Sea and educated at Brentwood School, he originally wished to become an actor and won a scholarship to RADA but the Second World War intervened and he served with the Royal Corps of Signals.
- After the war he took a degree in English from Queen Mary College, London, which was followed by postgraduate work on Anglo-Saxon at King's College, Cambridge, gaining a PhD in 1956.
- He then held a research fellowship at the University of Reading until 1961 when he returned to Cambridge under Dorothy Whitelock, whom he replaced as Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in 1969. His son Martin is the founder of Eye2eye Software Ltd, based in Cambridge, England.
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