George Clark (historian)

Sir
George Clark
Born
George Norman Clark

(1890-02-27)27 February 1890
Died6 February 1979(1979-02-06) (aged 88)
NationalityBritish
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
AwardsFellow of the British Academy (1936)
Knight Bachelor (1953)
Scientific career
FieldsHistory (Early Modern Europe)
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
University of Cambridge
Military career
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1914–1919
RankCaptain
UnitPost Office Rifles
Battles/warsWorld War I

Sir George Norman Clark, FBA (27 February 1890 – 6 February 1979) was an English historian, academic and British Army officer. He was the Chichele Professor of Economic History at the University of Oxford from 1931 to 1943 and the Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge from 1943 to 1947. He served as the provost of Oriel College, Oxford, from 1947 to 1957.