Richard Cobb

Richard Cobb CBE ( born May 20, 1917 in Frinton -on-Sea, Essex, † January 15, 1996 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire ) was an English historian. He is regarded as " the greatest British historian of France " of the 20th century.

Life

Cobb got to France in the 1930s, to know and was fascinated by the country. After the end of World War II he lived nine years in France. During this time he was supported by friends from the French Communist Party PCF and brought stewardesses of Air France in English.

Teaching

1955 to 1961 he was a lecturer at Aberystwyth University. In 1962 he was a Fellow and Tutor in Modern History to the Balliol College, Oxford. Cobb was 1973-1984 Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford. His specialty was the time of the French Revolution.

Home life

Cobb was married since 1963 to his third marriage with Margaret Tennant and had three sons and a daughter.

Awards and Honors

Writings

• The Streets of Paris, Introduction and Text, Photos by Nicolas Breach. Pantheon Books, New York City, New York, USA 1980, ISBN 0-394510267.

• Death in Paris. The bodies of the Seine 1795-1801, with a foreword by Patrick railroaders. Translated from English by Gabriele Gockel and Thomas Wollermann. Klett- Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-608-94694-9