Taddesse Tamrat
Taddesse Tamrat | |
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| Born | 4 August 1935 |
| Died | 23 May 2013 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Haile Selassie I University (BA) SOAS University of London (MA, PhD) |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1962–2013 |
| Known for | Contribution of Ethiopian studies |
| Notable work | Church and State in Ethiopia 1270–1520 (1972) |
Taddesse Tamrat (Amharic: ታደሰ ታምራት; 4 August 1935 – 23 May 2013) was an Ethiopian historian and scholar of Ethiopian studies. He is best known as the author of Church and State in Ethiopia 1270–1520 (1972, Oxford University Press ISBN 0198216718), a book which has dominated the field of Ethiopian studies.