Cobban, Professor Alfred Bert Carter (1901–1968)
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Cobban was one of the major Anglo-Saxon historians of the French Revolution, whose initially controverisal critique of the Marxist analysis of events paved the way for a variety of revisionist and post-revisionist approaches.
- Forenames:
- Alfred Bert Carter
- Surname:
- Cobban
- Title:
- Professor
- Dates:
- 1901–1968
- Institutions:
- University of London (University College)
- Significant posts:
- Professor of French History, University of London (University College)
- Contemporaries:
- Cobb, Richard Charles
Lefebvre, George
Taylor, George V. - Themes:
- History of France / French Revolution
History of political thought
Intellectual history
- Biographies:
-
Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Obituaries:
- Times
Bibliography
Significant publications
- Alfred Cobban, The Social Interpretation of the French Revolution (Cambridge, 1964)
- Alfred Cobban, History of Modern France (3 vols., Harmondsworth, 1957–65)
Other reading
- C. B. A. Behrens, 'Professor Cobban and his critics', Historical Journal, 9 (1966), 236–40
