Peter George Julius Pulzer (29 May 1929 – 26 January 2023) was an Austrian-born British historian who was
Gladstone Professor of Government
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at the
University of Oxford
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, chancellor ...
from 1985 till 1996.
Biography
Peter G. J. Pulzer was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1929 and his family migrated to the United Kingdom in 1939. He studied history at Cambridge University and gained a doctorate. Pulzer's 1966 book "The Emergence of Political Anti-Semitism in Germany and Austria 1867–1914" was published, the book was critically acclaimed in the academic work and well regarded concerning the research of anti-Semitism and is still regarded as the benchmark standard regarding such research.
Pulzer died on 27 January 2023, at the age of 93.
Honours
In 2008, Peter G. J. Pulzer received the
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (german: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the A ...
.
Works
* ''The rise of political anti-Semitism in Germany and Austria.'' J. Wiley, New York 1964. Übersetzung: ''Die Entstehung des politischen Antisemitismus in Deutschland und Österreich 1867–1914.'' Sigbert Mohn, Gütersloh 1966; durchgesehene und erweiterte Neuausgabe:
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
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, Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-36954-9 (with Forschungsbericht).
* ''Political representation and elections in Britain'' (= ''Studies in political science.'' Band 1). Allen & Unwin, London 1967.
* ''Germany 1870–1945. Politics, state formation, and war.'' Oxford University Press, Oxford 1997.
* (with
Wolfgang Benz
Wolfgang Benz (born 9 June 1941) is a German historian from Ellwangen. He was the director of the Center for Research on Antisemitism of the Technische Universität Berlin between 1990 and 2011.
Personal life
Benz studied history, political ...