Elton, Sir Geoffrey Rudolph (1921–1994)
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An strong advocate of the primacy of political and administrative history, Elton was the pre-eminent Tudor historian of his day. He also made very significant contributions to the then current debate on the philosophy of historical practice, as well as having a powerful effect on the profession through, among other things, his presidency of the Royal Historical Society.
- Forenames:
- Geoffrey Rudolph
- Surname:
- Elton
- Title:
- Sir
- Dates:
- 1921–1994
- Institutions:
- British Academy
Royal Historical Society
University of Cambridge (Clare College) - Significant posts:
- President, Royal Historical Society
Regius Professor of History, University of Cambridge (Clare College)
- Influences:
- Neale, John Ernest
- Contemporaries:
- Carr, Edward Hallett
- Influenced:
- Starkey, David
- Themes:
- Constitutional history
Sixteenth century
Political history
Tudor history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Interviews with Historians
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Proceedings of the British Academy - Obituaries:
- Chronicon 2 (1998)
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- G. R. Elton, England under the Tudors (London, 1955)
- G. R. Elton, The Practice of History (London, 1967)
Other reading
- Quentin Skinner, 'Sir Geoffrey Elton and the practice of history', Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 6th Series, 7 (1997), 301–16.
The Eltonian Legacy (Special issue : Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 6th Ser., vol. 7 (1997), pp. 177–336)
