John Elliott (historian)
| Sir John Elliott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
John Huxtable Elliott 23 June 1930 Reading, Berkshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Cambridge |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Works on the history of Spain and the Spanish Empire in the early modern period |
| Title | Regius Professor of Modern History |
| Term | 1990–1997 |
| Predecessor | Michael Howard |
| Successor | Robert Evans |
Sir John Huxtable Elliott FBA (born 23 June 1930) is a British historian, Regius Professor Emeritus at Oxford University and Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge. He publishes under the name J.H. Elliott.
Born in Reading, Berkshire, Elliott was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an assistant lecturer at Cambridge University from 1957 to 1962 and Lecturer in History from 1962 until 1967, and was subsequently Professor of History at King's College, London between 1968 and 1973. In 1972 he was elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy. Elliott was Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey from 1973 to 1990, and was Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford between 1990 and 1997.
He holds Honorary doctorates from the Autonomous University of Madrid (1983), the universities Genoa (1992), Portsmouth (1993), Barcelona (1994), Warwick (1995), Brown University (1996), Valencia (1998), Lleida (1999), Complutense University of Madrid (2003), College of William & Mary (2005), London (2007), Charles III University of Madrid (2008), Seville (2011), Alcalá (2012), and Cambridge (2013). Elliott is a Fellow of the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, of whose Founding Council he was also a member.
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