# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/geoffrey-elton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:13:35.906Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/geoffrey-elton"
name: "Geoffrey Elton"
slug: "geoffrey-elton"
description: "Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton 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."
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  isoCode: "GB"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1921-08-17"
deathDate: "1994-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump