Geoffrey Elton

Historian.

Born August 17th, 1921 in Tübingen. [ref]

Died December 4th, 1994 at 73 years old in England (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Occupations
historian, historian of Modern Age, lawyer, university teacher, writer
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Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy