Colin Peter Sherard Platt, FSA, FRHistS (11 November 1934 – 23 July 2015) was a British historian, archaeologist and academic, specialising in the Middle Ages.
[1] He studied history at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating with a first class honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1958.
[2] He then undertook his national service as a "Coder Special", a Royal Navy sailor specialising in cryptography, during which he leant Russian.
[1] Platt had a stammer which meant that his teaching was focused on small group tutorials, supervisions and field trips;[6] his lectures, on the other hand, were read out by an actor with associated slides or played from a pre-recording.
[7] A Festschrift was published in 2014, titled "A Fresh Approach: Essays Presented to Colin Platt in Celebration of His Eightieth Birthday 11 November 2014".