Richard J. Evans

Sir Richard J. Evans FRSL FRHistS FBA FLSW
Evans in his role as Provost of Gresham College in 2015
Born	Richard John Evans (1947-09-29) September 29, 1947 (age 76) Woodford, London, England
Parent(s)	Ieuan Trefor Evans, Evelyn (Jones) Evans
Academic background
Education	Jesus College, Oxford (MA) St Antony's College, Oxford (DPhil) Hamburg University
Thesis	The women's movement in Germany, 1890–1919 (1972)
Doctoral advisor	Tony Nicholls[1]
Academic work
Institutions	University of Stirling University of East Anglia Columbia University Umeå University Birkbeck College University of Cambridge Gresham College
Notable students	Nikolaus Wachsmann Stefan Ihrig
Main interests	History of Germany Historical method Theory of history Historiography
Notable works	The Third Reich Trilogy The Pursuit of Power

Sir Richard John Evans FRSL FRHistS FBA FLSW (born September 29, 1947) 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 his retirement 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.^[2][3]