Peter Laslett

Thomas Peter Ruffell Laslett CBE FBA (18 December 1915 – 8 November 2001) was an English historian.

Peter Laslett

Born
Thomas Peter Ruffell Laslett

(1915-12-18)18 December 1915
Bedford, England
Died8 November 2001(2001-11-08) (aged 85)
Cambridge, England
Known forCo-founding the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
Spouse
Janet Crockett Clark
(m. 1947)
Academic background
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-discipline
School or traditionCambridge School
InstitutionsTrinity College, Cambridge
Notable studentsKeith Wrightson
Emmanuel Todd
Notable works
  • The World We Have Lost (1965)
  • A Fresh Map of Life (1989)
Influenced
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