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German-born British historian
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Gender
Male
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Place of birth
Düsseldorf
Death
27 May 1992 (aged 71 years)
People who died on this day
Place of death
Oxford
Age
71 years
Family
Children:
Ottoline Leyser
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Biography
Karl Joseph Leyser TD FBA (24 October 1920 – 27 May 1992) was a German-born British historian who was Fellow and Tutor in History, Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1948 to 1984, and Chichele Professor of Medieval History at Oxford University, from 1984 to 1988.
Because he was Jewish, he escaped the Nazis before World War II and served with the British Army. He was married to Henrietta Leyser, and his daughter is the scientist Ottoline Leyser.
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Notable English people in academia
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable German people in academia
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable English people in social science
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable German people in social science
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
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