Norman Cohn (1915–2007)

After six years in the British Army, he taught at universities in Scotland, Ireland and England, and held research fellowships in the United States, Canada and The Netherlands. In 1966 he became a Professorial Fellow at the University of Sussex and Director of the Columbus Centre for the study of persecution and genocide. From 1973 to 1983 he was Astor-Wolfson Professor at Sussex, and later Professor Emeritus. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.