Talk:Geoffrey Elton

Norman Cantor in his book Inventing the Middle Ages claims that Elton was a descendent of one of Central Europe's greatest rabbinical families, but provides no source for that assertion. Does anyone know anything about this matter? A.S. Brown

Czech republic and Czechoslovakia
In 1929, there was no Czech republic but Czechoslovakia. It should be corrected.

Internment during World War II
This article doesn't mention that he was interned as an "enemy alien" during World War Two, in the Isle of Man. In 1940 all German's were interned, even Jews. He is mentioned in the list of high-profile internees in Isle of Barbed Wire: The Story of World War Two Internment on the Isle of Man by Connery Chappell, but I can't find any other references to it online. Does anyone know of other sources? (It could be that Elton tried to forget about this period, as I imagine that it was probably an embarrassment for him). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamesfranklingresham (talk • contribs) 00:17, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

Birthday
The article listed his birthday as August 17, which is the date given in "Tudor Rule and Revolution: Essays for G R Elton from His American Friends". However, both ODNB and his obituary notice in Proceedings of the British Academy list it as August 21 (albeit both have the same author). On the assumption that ODNB is more reliable than the preface of an edited volume I'm going to put August 21 instead, although I would love a better source for either of those dates.

Atchom (talk) 22:56, 3 June 2016 (UTC)