Alfred Cobban | |
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Born | Alfred Bert Carter Cobban 24 May 1901 |
Died | 1 April 1968 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Influences | Hippolyte Taine |
Academic work | |
School or tradition | Classical liberalism |
Alfred Bert Carter Cobban (24 May 1901 – 1 April 1968) was an English historian and Professor of French History at University College, London, who along with prominent French historian François Furet advocated a classical liberal view of the French Revolution.