Tony Judt | |
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Born | Tony Robert Judt 2 January 1948 London, England |
Died | 6 August 2010 New York City, U.S. | (aged 62)
Alma mater | University of Cambridge École Normale Supérieure |
Occupation(s) | Historian; Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University |
Spouse | Jennifer Homans |
Tony Robert Judt FBA (/dʒʌt/ JUT; 2 January 1948 – 6 August 2010)[1] was an English historian, essayist and university professor who specialised in European history. Judt moved to New York and served as the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University and director of NYU's Remarque Institute. He was a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. In 1996 Judt was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2007 a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.