About D. C. M. Platt
Lived 1934 – 1989 (aged 54–55). D. C. M. Platt was a British historian.
Desmond Christopher Martin Platt (11 November 1934 – 15 August 1989), known as Christopher Platt or D. C. M. Platt, was a British historian and academic specialising in Latin America. Having taught at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Exeter, and Queens' College, Cambridge, he was Professor of the History of Latin America at the University of Oxford and a fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford from 1972 until his death.
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Who was D. C. M. Platt?
British historian and academic
When was D. C. M. Platt born?
D. C. M. Platt was born in 1934.
When did D. C. M. Platt die?
D. C. M. Platt died in 1989.
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D. C. M. Platt was a historian.
What nationality was D. C. M. Platt?
D. C. M. Platt was British.
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