Washington Irving

Washington Irving

male, deceased (1859)
U.S. minister to Spain, United States Ambassador to Spain, New York lawyer, historian, New York writer, Biographer
Washington Irving was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip van...
David Smith

David Smith

male, 46 years old
David L. Smith, Royal Historical Society, early modern, Selwyn College, Cambridge, Selwyn College, Visiting Assistant Professor…historian
David L. Smith, born in London in 1963, is a noted historian of the Early Modern period of British history, particularly political, constitutional,...
Richard Hofstadter

Richard Hofstadter

male, deceased (1970)
historian, From Buffalo, New York, Columbia University alumni, University at Buffalo alumni, Historian of the United States, Columbia University faculty
Richard Hofstadter (August 6, 1916 - October 24, 1970) was an American historian and DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia...
Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

male, deceased (1406)
Muslim, 1406 AD, 1332 AD, Prolegomenon, Sociologist, Early Muslim sociology…historian
Ibn Khaldūn or Ibn Khaldoun (May 27, 1332 AD/732 AH - March 19, 1406 AD/808 AH), was a famous Arab Muslim polymath, historian, historiographer, d...
Leonard Maltin

Leonard Maltin

male, 58 years old
film critic, New York University, starz, Our Gang The Life and Times of the Little Rascals, The Whole Film Sourcebook, Good Times Magazine…historian
Leonard Maltin reports that this is a "lackluster account of a shakedown racket involving a photography school of nudes." Sounds OK to me but,...
Martin Gilbert

Martin Gilbert

male, 73 years old
Honorary Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, Military historian, Military writer, British, World War I historian, Old Cholmeleian…Historian of the Holocaust, historian
Sir Martin John Gilbert, CBE (born October 25, 1936 in London) is a British historian and the author of over seventy books, including works on the...
Garry Wills

Garry Wills

male, 75 years old
John Leonard, Gettysburg Address, Former Jesuit, Campion High School, National Book Critics Circle, National Book Critics Circle Award…historian
Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an author and historian, and a frequent contributor to the "New York Review of Books". In...
Michael Beschloss

Michael Beschloss

male, 54 years old (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
historian, CEO, taking charge, Harvard Business School alumni, carlyle group, Mayday Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair
Michael Beschloss is an award-winning historian of the Presidency and the author of eight books, including his most recent work, the magnificent...
Deborah Lipstadt

Deborah Lipstadt

female, 62 years old
Historian of the Holocaust, Jewish, City College of New York, The Times, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Fascist/Nazi era scholar…historian
Deborah Lipstadt is Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies and Director of the Institute for Jewish Studies at Emory University in...
Eric Foner

Eric Foner

male, deceased (1943) (New York City Area, United States)
republican party, American, Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, Academic, Reconstruction, Columbia University faculty…Historian of the United States, historian
Starting October 1, 2001 , Eric Foner will moderate a month-long open discussion on teaching about Reconstruction on the HISTORY MATTERS Web site...