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Richard J. Evans

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British historian (born 1947)

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Sir Richard John Evans is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume The Third Reich Trilogy (2003-2008).

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2015Leverhulme Medal
2014Medlicott Medal
2010Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
1999Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
1993Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg)
1989Wolfson History Prize
Fellow of the British Academy
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Knight Bachelor

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Sir Richard John Evans is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume The Third Reich Trilogy (2003-2008). Evans was Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge from 2008 until he retired in 2014, and President of Cambridge's Wolfson College from 2010 to 2017. He has been Provost of Gresham College in London since 2014. Evans was appointed Knight Bachelor for services to scholarship in the 2012 Birthday Honours.

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Born 1947 · age 78
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