Dimitri Obolensky

Dimitri Obolensky
Дмитрий Оболенский
Born
Prince Dmitri Dmitrievich Obolensky

1 April 1918
Died23 December 2001(2001-12-23) (aged 83)
NationalityRussian
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Awards Knights Bachelor
Academic background
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge (1937–42)
ThesisThe Bogomils: A Study in Balkan Neo-Manichaeism (1942)
Doctoral advisorElizabeth Hill
InfluencesFrancis Dvornik, Ihor Ševčenko, John Meyendorff
Academic work
Institutions
Doctoral studentsAnthony Bryer, Michael Angold, James Howard-Johnston, Jonathan Shepard, Simon Franklin
Notable worksThe Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500–1453
Notable ideasByzantine commonwealth

Dimitri Dimitrievich Obolensky FBA FSA (Russian: Дмитрий Дмитриевич Оболенский; 1 April [O.S. 19 March] 1918 – 23 December 2001) was a Russian-British historian who was Professor of Russian and Balkan History at the University of Oxford and the author of various historical works.