Claim: Christopher Clark was educated at the University of Sydney where he studied History, then received his PhD at the University of Cambridge (the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's fourth-oldest surviving university) and is now a Professor in Modern European History there.
Evidence: Christopher Clark was educated at Sydney Grammar School between 1972 and 1978, the University of Sydney where he studied History, and between 1985 and 1987 the Freie Universität Berlin. He received his PhD at the University of Cambridge, having been a member of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1987 to 1991. He is Professor in Modern European History at the University of Cambridge and since 1991 has been a Fellow of St Catharine's College, where he is currently Director of Studies in History. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by King Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's fourth-oldest surviving university.