Geoffrey Barraclough

Geoffrey Barraclough was a British historian, known as a medievalist and historian of Germany. He was educated at Bootham School in York and at Bradford Grammar School . He read History at Oriel College, Oxford University in 1926-1929. He was Professor of Medieval History, University of Liverpool during which period he lived in the Seneschal's House, Halton Village, Stevenson Research Professor, University of London , University of California and Professor of History, Brandeis University . He was Chichele Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford from 1970 to 1973. Professor... Barraclough began his career as a medievalist, but developed into a contemporary global historian. He was deeply concerned about history's uses and relevance in the 20th century. It seemed to him that political debate and ultimately political decisions, suffered from a lack of historical insight. To rectify this problem Barraclough developed historiographical methods for comparative history.
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