Richard Charles Cobb (1917 – 15 January 1996, aged 78) was a British historian. He became Professor of Modern History at the University of Oxford, after an initially unconventional academic career in which he spent a dozen years working as an independent scholar in French archives. His work was recognised in France by the award of membership of the Legion d'Honneur. He is known for his work on the background to the French Revolution, and for his autobiographical writings. Cobb was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex in 1981.
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