Cecil Roth, (London, 1899–1970) was a British Jewish historian and educator. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford (Ph.D., 1924) and returned to Oxford as reader in Jewish Studies from 1939 to 1964. Thereafter he was visiting professor at Bar-Ilan...

Cecil Roth (London, 1899–1970) was a British Jewish historian and educator. He was the editor of the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica and of the Standard Jewish Encyclopedia. Sourced A History of the Jews in England (3rd ed. 1964) The...