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Norman Davies (born June 8, 1939) is a British historian and writer, famous for his studies and publications on Europe, UK and Poland.
He was born in Bolton, England. He studied in Grenoble, Oxford, Perugia, Sussex and Cracow (on Jagiellonian University). In 1973 he was honoured with a PhD title from the Jagiellonian University.
Norman Davies has held lectures in many countries (USA, Canada, Australia, Japan, China and in most European countries). From 1971 to 1996 he worked at the London University, School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, where in 1985 he became a Professor. He is currently Supernumerary Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford.
He works with the BBC as well as other British and American magazines and newspapers like The Times, New York Review of Books and The Independent.
Norman Davies is a member of the Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europea in Salzburg and of the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU) in Cracow. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Historical Society. He has received honorary PhD titles from the University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin and the University of Gdańsk. He is an honorary citizen of Lublin and Cracow.