Trevor-Roper

[ trev-er-roh-per ]

noun

1. Hugh (Red·wald) [red, -wawld], 1914–2003, British historian.

Example Sentences

But on the very eve of publication, Trevor-Roper, who had been ennobled as Baron Dacre, called to say he had changed his mind and now felt they were forgeries.

From Los Angeles Times

At first, Murdoch relied on the judgment of Hugh Trevor-Roper, a distinguished British historian specializing in the Nazi period, that the diaries were genuine.

From Los Angeles Times

In that year, of course, Trevor-Roper was duped a second time, by the so-called Hitler Diaries, obvious forgeries that he sensationally declared — at least at first — to be genuine.

From New York Times

He died, obscure and poor, in 2005, though Trevor-Roper had lost interest in him by 1983.

From New York Times

Over the years Trevor-Roper accumulated an entire dossier devoted to the case.

From New York Times