Walter Ullmann | |
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Born | Pulkau, Austria | 29 November 1910
Died | 18 January 1983 Cambridge, England | (aged 72)
Nationality | Austrian |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Innsbruck |
Academic work | |
Era | 20th century |
Discipline | History |
Institutions | |
Doctoral students | |
Main interests | Medieval civil law and canon law |
Walter Ullmann FBA (29 November 1910 – 18 January 1983[1]) was an Austrian-Jewish scholar who left Austria in the 1930s and settled in the United Kingdom, where he became a naturalised citizen.[1] He was a recognised authority on medieval political thought, and in particular legal theory, an area in which he published prolifically.