Robert Tombs | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Tombs in 2016 | |
| Born | Robert Paul Tombs 8 May 1949 England |
| Citizenship | British, French |
| Occupation(s) | Academic, historian |
| Spouse | Isabelle Tombs (née Bussy) |
| Awards | Ordre des Palmes académiques (2007) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) |
| Thesis | The Forces of Order and the Suppression of the Paris Insurrection of 1871 (1978) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | St. John's College, Cambridge |
| Main interests | Franco-British relations, political history of France (19th century) |
| Notable works | That Sweet Enemy (2006), The English and Their History (2014) |
Robert Paul Tombs (born 8 May 1949)[1][2] is a British historian of France. He is professor emeritus of French history at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.[3] Prior to this, he was a reader in the subject until 2007.[2] Tombs is the recipient of the Ordre des Palmes académiques awarded by the French government.[4]
- ^ "Tombs, Robert P. 1949". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Appointments, reappointment, and grant of title". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Robert Tombs". Department of History, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Kernek, David (21 February 2021). "Book review: a treatise of Britain's time in and out of the EU". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 January 2022.