Clifford Edmund Bosworth
Clifford Edmund Bosworth FBA (29 December 1928 – 28 February 2015) was an English historian and Orientalist, specialising in Arabic and Iranian studies.His father, Clifford Bosworth, clerked for Board of Guardians before working for Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance.He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in modern history from St John's College, Oxford, before achieving an MA in Middle Eastern studies and PhD degrees from the University of Edinburgh.There he met Annette Ellen Todd, and they were married in Edinburgh on 19 September 1957.[1] Bosworth was the author of hundreds of articles in academic journals and composite volumes.