Richard J. Evans

Richard J. Evans
Evans in his role as Provost of Gresham College in 2015
Born
Richard John Evans

(1947-09-29) September 29, 1947 (age 77)
Woodford, London, England
Parent(s)Ieuan Trefor Evans, Evelyn (Jones) Evans
Academic background
EducationJesus College, Oxford (MA)
St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil)
Hamburg University
ThesisThe women's movement in Germany, 1890–1919 (1972)
Doctoral advisorTony Nicholls[1]
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Stirling
University of East Anglia
Columbia University
Umeå University
Birkbeck College
University of Cambridge
Gresham College
Notable studentsNikolaus Wachsmann
Stefan Ihrig
Main interestsHistory of Germany
Historical method
Theory of history
Historiography
Notable worksThe Third Reich Trilogy
The Pursuit of Power

Sir Richard John Evans FRSL FRHistS FBA FLSW (born September 29, 1947) 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.[2][3]

  1. ^ Snowman, Daniel (January 2004). "Daniel Snowman meets the historian of Germany, defender of history and expert witness in the Irving trial". History Today. 54 (1): 45–47. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  2. ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 1.
  3. ^ "Queen's birthday Honours list in full". The Telegraph. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.