Richard Cobb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Cobb

British historian

Date of Birth: 20-May-1917

Place of Birth: Frinton-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 15-Jan-1996

Profession: historian, university teacher

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Richard Charles Cobb (20 May 1917 – 15 January 1996) was a British historian and essayist, and professor at the University of Oxford.
He was the author of numerous influential works about the history of France, particularly the French Revolution.
Cobb meticulously researched the Revolutionary era from a ground-level view sometimes described as "history from below". Cobb is best known for his multi-volume work The People's Armies (1961), a massive study of the composition and mentality of the Revolution's civilian armed forces.
He was a prolific writer of essays from which he fashioned numerous book-length collections about France and its people.
Cobb also found much inspiration from his own life, and he composed a multitude of autobiographical writings and personal reflections.
Much of his writing went unpublished in his lifetime, and several anthologies were assembled from it by other scholars after his death.