Richard Evans

Richard 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 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.

Born in 1947 in Woodford, Essex, England
* Studied at Jesus College, Oxford, and St Antony's College, Oxford
* Held professorships at the University of East Anglia, Birkbeck, University of London, and the University of Cambridge
* Served as President of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and Provost of Gresham College, London
* Awarded the Knight Bachelor in 2012 for services to scholarship
* Author of eighteen books, including The Third Reich Trilogy
* Considered one of the leading historians of 19th- and 20th-century Europe