Geoffrey Elton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Geoffrey Elton

historian

Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Dec-1994

Profession: writer, lawyer, historian, university teacher, historian of the modern age

Nationality: United Kingdom, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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.