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Schlesinger was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Elizabeth Harriet (née Bancroft) and Arthur M. Schlesinger (1888–1965), who was an influential social historian at Ohio State University and Harvard University, where he directed many PhD dissertations in American history.
Apr 5, 2024 · United States. Arthur M. Schlesinger (born February 27, 1888, Xenia, Ohio, U.S.—died October 30, 1965, Boston, Massachusetts) was an American historian whose emphasis on social and urban developments greatly broadened approaches to U.S. history. Schlesinger graduated from the Ohio State University, Columbus, in 1910.
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Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. BORN: October 15, 1917, Columbus, Ohio. DIED: February 28, 2007 (age 89) New York, New York. EDUCATION: Harvard University (AB, 1938) Cambridge University, England (postgraduate fellowship, 1938-1939) POLITICAL PARTY: Democrat. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 1939-1942: Member, Harvard Society of Fellows 1942-1943: Office of War ...
May 1, 2007 · The senior Schlesinger, having taught at Ohio State University and the University of Iowa, accepted a position at Harvard University in 1924, and Arthur Jr. spent much of the next 37 years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, eventually attending Harvard College.
Mar 1, 2007 · Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the historian whose more than 20 books shaped discussions for two generations about America’s past, and who himself was a provocative, unabashedly liberal partisan ...
Arthur M. Schlesinger (February 27, 1888–October 30, 1965) pioneered social history and urban history. He was a longtime professor at Harvard University.
Mar 2, 2007 · Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. in his office at the City University of New York. Jack Manning/The New York Times. A huge part of his luck was his father, who guided much of his early research, and even ...
