Hugh Brogan was a British historian and biographer. He earned a history degree from St John’s College, Cambridge in 1959 and was a fellow there from 1964 until 1974. He was a professor at the University of Essex from 1992 until his retirement in 1998.
Did not like Tocqueville very much. Only really read so I could quote ex-Iranian President Mohammad Khatami with some authority when he said ‘Alexis de Tocqueville… which I am sure most Americans have read’.