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Biography
Sir Richard John Evans is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume The Third Reich Trilogy (2003–2008). Evans was Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge from 2008 until he retired in 2014, and President of Cambridge's Wolfson College from 2010 to 2017. He has been Provost of Gresham College in London since 2014. Evans was appointed Knight Bachelor for services to scholarship in the 2012 Birthday Honours.
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Awards & recognition
- Leverhulme Medal · 2015
- Medlicott Medal · 2014
- Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales · 2010
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature · 1999
- Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg) · 1993
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- Wolfson History Prize · 1989
- Fellow of the British Academy
- Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
- Knight Bachelor
Filmography4 titles
Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial
2024as Self - Author, The Coming of the Third Reich
2024as Self - Author, The Coming of the Third Reich
Hitler: Germany's Fatal Attraction
2015as Self - Historian
2015as Self - Historian
The Meaning of Hitler
2021as Self
2021as Self
The Valkyrie Legacy
2008as Self
2008as Self