R. W. Davies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

R. W. Davies

British historian

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1925

Place of Birth: London

Profession: historian

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Robert William "Bob" Davies, best known as R.
W.
Davies, (born 23 April 1925) is professor emeritus of Soviet Economic Studies, University of Birmingham.
Obtaining his PhD in 1954, Davies was promoted to full professor and made chair of the Centre for Russian and East European Studies (CREES) at the University of Birmingham in 1965.
He retired from active teaching in 1989. A collaborator and co-author with historian E.
H.
Carr on two volumes of his massive 14 volume History of Soviet Russia, Davies is best known for having carried Carr's work forward into the 1930s with seven additional volumes of economic history under the general title, The Industrialisation of Soviet Russia.