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Prof. W. E. Mosse
Werner Eugen Emil Mosse (February 5, 1918 - April 30, 2001) was a German-born British historian.
Born in Berlin into a German-Jewish upper class family, his parents sent him together with his two ...view moreWerner Eugen Emil Mosse (February 5, 1918 - April 30, 2001) was a German-born British historian.
Born in Berlin into a German-Jewish upper class family, his parents sent him together with his two younger siblings to the safety of the UK in 1933, where he attended St. Paul’s School in West Kensington and then studied History from 1936-1939 at the Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge. From 1940-1941 he initially interned as a German citizen and then, once naturalized as a British citizen, served in the Royal Pioneer Corps of the British Army until 1946, where he reached the rank of Captain.
He was lecturer of Modern Russian History at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies from 1948-1952 and was awarded his Ph.D. doctorate in 1950. He was a senior lecturer of Eastern European History at the University of Glasgow from 1952-1964 and then became one of the founding professors of European History at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Mosse’s initial interest was predominantly in Soviet history, European history during the 19th century, and the history of liberalism. He later dedicated his work to the history of German Jewry during the 19th and 20th century. He served as chairman of the board of the Leo Baeck Institute London for many years and was the editor of important anthologies of recent German-Jewish history.
He died in 2001 at the age of 83. In commemoration of her brother, Barbara Mosse founded a scholarship (Werner Mosse Award) for post-graduate students at the School of History of the University of East Anglia in 2002.view less
Books by Prof. W. E. Mosse
The Rise and Fall of the Crimean System 1855-71: The Story of a Peace Settlement