predecessor successor birth_place nationality title name birth_date known_for term article_title birth_name occupation alma_mater
michael howard robert evans reading , berkshire british regius professor of modern history sir john elliott 23 june 1930 works empire in the early modern period on the history of spain and the spanish 1990 - 1997 john elliott -lrb- historian -rrb-
 john huxtable elliott historian cambridge
john elliott -lrb- historian -rrb-

sir john huxtable elliott , fba -lrb- born 23 june 1930 -rrb- , who normally publishes as j. h. elliott , is an english historian , regius professor emeritus at oxford university and honorary fellow of oriel college , oxford and trinity college , cambridge .
born in reading , berkshire , elliott was educated at eton college and trinity college , cambridge .
he was an assistant lecturer at cambridge university from 1957 to 1962 and lecturer in history from 1962 until 1967 , and was subsequently professor of history at king 's college , london between 1968 and 1973 .
in 1972 he was elected to the fellowship of the british academy .
elliott was professor in the school of historical studies at the institute for advanced study , princeton , new jersey from 1973 to 1990 , and was regius professor of modern history , oxford between 1990 and 1997 .
he holds honorary doctorates from the autonomous university of madrid -lrb- 1983 -rrb- , the universities genoa -lrb- 1992 -rrb- , portsmouth -lrb- 1993 -rrb- , barcelona -lrb- 1994 -rrb- , warwick -lrb- 1995 -rrb- , brown university -lrb- 1996 -rrb- , valencia -lrb- 1998 -rrb- , lleida -lrb- 1999 -rrb- , complutense university of madrid -lrb- 2003 -rrb- , college of william & mary -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , london -lrb- 2007 -rrb- , charles iii university of madrid -lrb- 2008 -rrb- , seville -lrb- 2011 -rrb- , alcalá -lrb- 2012 -rrb- , and cambridge -lrb- 2013 -rrb- .
elliott is a fellow of the rothermere american institute , university of oxford , of whose founding council he was also a member .
elliott was knighted for his services to history in 1994 and was decorated with commander of isabella the catholic in 1987 , the grand cross of alfonso the wise in 1988 , the grand cross of isabella the catholic in 1996 , and the creu de sant jordi in 1999 .
an eminent hispanist , he was given the prince of asturias prize in 1996 for his contributions to the social sciences .
for his outstanding contributions to the history of spain and the spanish empire in the early modern period , elliott was awarded the balzan prize for history , 1500 -- 1800 , in 1999 .
his studies of the iberian peninsula and the spanish empire helped the understanding of the problems confronting 16th and 17th century spain , and the attempts of its leaders to avert its decline .
he is considered , together with raymond carr and angus mackay , a major figure in developing spanish historiography .
elliott 's principal publications are `` the revolt of the catalans '' , 1963 ; `` the old world and the new , 1492-1650 '' , 1970 ; and `` the count-duke of olivares '' , 1986 .
his `` richelieu and olivares '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- won the leo gershoy award of the american historical association .
in 2006 his book `` empires of the atlantic world : britain and spain in america 1492-1830 '' was published by yale university press , winning the francis parkman prize the following year .
in 2012 he published his reflections on the progress of historical scholarship ; `` history in the making '' .
