Background
COBB., C.B.E. was born on May 20, 1917. Son of Francis Hills Cobb and Dora Swindale.
COBB., C.B.E. was born on May 20, 1917. Son of Francis Hills Cobb and Dora Swindale.
Shrewsbury School and Merton College, Oxford.
Lecturer in History University College Wales, Aberystwyth 1955-1961. Senior Simon Research Fellow, Manchester 1960. Lecturer University of Leeds 1962.
Fellow and Tutor in Modem History Balliol College, Oxford 1962-1972, Honorary Fellow 1977.
Reader in French Revolutionary History, Oxford 1969-1972, Professor, of Modem History 1973-1984. Senior Research Fellow Worcester College, Oxford 1984-1987.
Visiting Professor, in History of Paris College, de France 1971. Several memorial lectures.
Honorary Fellow Merton College 1980.
Honorary Doctorate. University (Essex) 1981. Honorary Doctor of Letters (Leeds) 1988, (Cambridge) 1989. Chevalier des Palmes Academiques, Officier, Ordre national du Merite, Chevalier, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honneur.
Married Margaret Tennant in 1963.