Historian arthur schlesinger obituary
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Historian Arthur Schlesinger jr. Dies at 89
Arthur M. Schlesinger jr., one of the most distinguished historians of the 20th and 21st centuries and a life member of the AHA, died of a heart attack last night in Manhattan. He was During his academic career, Schlesinger taught at Harvard University and the City University of New York. He also worked extensively outside of the academy. During World War II he worked for the Office of Strategic Services, a forerunner to the CIA, and later on, he served as an advisor and speechwriter to President Kennedy.
Beginning with the publication of The Age of Jackson in , his work was often cited as a defense of New Deal politics, and he considered himself an unreconstructed liberal. He wrote extensively and often admiringly on Franklin Roosevelt and the Kennedy brothers. In the s his The Imperial Presidency strongly criticized the presidency of Richard Nixon. In recent years he also wrote much against the war in Iraq, including the p
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Arthur Schlesinger Jr. dies at 89
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., a member of Harvard’s History Department from until , died Feb. 27 in New York City. He was
A graduate of Harvard College, Schlesinger was a Henry Fellow at Peterhouse, Cambridge University, from to , and a member of the gemenskap of Fellows at Harvard from to
He took a leave of absence from the Harvard faculty in to serve as a special assistant to President John F. Kennedy. After Kennedy’s death, he wrote an account of his ledning, ”A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House,” winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in
“Arthur Schlesinger made history – as a brilliant historian and as an influential presidential adviser,” said Radcliffe Dean and Harvard President-elect Drew G. faust. “He has also been a great friend to Harvard, and it has been my privilege to witness firsthand his devotion to the Radcliffe Institute’s Elizabeth and Arthur M. Schlesinger Library on the History
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Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr.
American historian (–)
"Arthur M. Schlesinger" redirects here. For his son, see Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Arthur Meier Schlesinger (SHLESS-in-jər; February 27, &#;– October 30, ) was an American historian who taught at Harvard University, pioneering social history and urban history. He was a Progressive Era intellectual who stressed material causes (such as economic profit and conflict between businessmen and farmers) and downplayed ideology and values as motivations for historical actors. He was highly influential as a director of PhD dissertations at Harvard for three decades, especially in the fields of social, women's, and immigration history. His son, Arthur M. Schlesinger&#;Jr. (–), also taught at Harvard and was a noted historian.
Life and career
[edit]Schlesinger's father, Bernhard Schlesinger, was a Prussian Jew, and his mother, Kate (née Feurle), was an Austrian Catholic. The two converted to Protestantism together and emigrated to X