Asa Briggs
Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs (7 May 1921 - 15 March 2016) was an English historian. He was a leading specialist on the Victorian era. He was a well-known historian of broadcasting in Britain. He was made a life peer in 1976. Briggs was born in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Briggs died in Lewes, East Sussex on 15 March 2016. He was aged 94.
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1921 births
2016 deaths
English historians
People from Yorkshire