Historians Chronology

Archibald Alison Scottish historian (History of Europe), is born.

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1793

Apr 11

Nicolaas C Kist Dutch church historian/archivist, is born.

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May 09

Johannes C de Jonge Dutch historian/archivist, is born.

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1794

Jan 16

Edward Gibbon historian, author: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; dies in London at age 56.

Ref: 4

1795

Apr 30

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy French historian (Ancient Greece), dies.

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May 10

Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian and essayist (The French Revolution, Sartor Resartus), is born.

Ref: 2

1796

Jul 15

Thomas Bulfinch, historian and mythologist (The Age of Fable), is born.

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1798

May 14

Frantisek Palacky Czechoslovakia, historian, is born.

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Aug 21

Jules Michelet, French historian who wrote the 24-volume Historie de France, is born.

Ref: 2

1800

Mar 12

Louis-Prosper Gachard Belgian historian, is born.

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Mar 25

Paulin Paris French historian, is born.

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Oct 03

George Bancroft, historian, known as the "Father of American History" for his 10-volume A History of the United States, is born.

Ref: 2

1803

Feb 07

Edgar Quinet French writer/historian (Ahasvérus), is born.

Ref: 5

1804

Jan 19

Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August, German patriotic poet, philologist and literary historian, dies at age 75.

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1805

Jan 30

Philip Henry Stanhope, English politician/historian, is born.

Ref: 70

Jul 29

Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian who wrote Democracy in America is born.

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1807

Jan 12

Adriaan Kluit Dutch historian, dies at 71.

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1808

Antoine GB Schayes Belgian historian/archaeologist, is born.

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Mar 23

Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper sociologist/historian (Statistic yearbook), is born.

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1810

Feb 28

Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink Dutch historian, is born.

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Apr 23

Thomas Wright historian, is born.

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1811

Mar 07

Giuseppe Ferrari, Italian historian and political philosopher, is born

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1814

John Lothrop Motley US, historian/author (Rise of the Dutch Republic), is born.

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Apr 24

Vincente F López Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje), is born.

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1815

Dec 22

Johann J Bachofen Swiss judicial historian, is born.

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1816

Feb 22

Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and philopsopher (Principals of Moral and Political Science), dies at age 92.

Ref: 70

1817

Mar 29

Constantine S Aksakov Russian historian/poet, is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 13

Alphonse Wauters Belgian historian/archivist (Brussels), is born.

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1818

Apr 23

James Anthony Froude historian, is born.

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May 25

Jacob Burckhardt Swiss cultural historian, is born.

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1820

Jan 17

Daniel W Wyttenbach Dutch classicist/historian, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

1823

Dec 14

Vincenzo Cuoco Italian historian (Naple revolution 1799), dies at 53.

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1826

Mar 20

Carel Vosmaer Dutch art historian/poet/editor, is born.

Ref: 5

1830

Mar 18

Numa D Fustel de Coulanges French historian/sociologist, is born.

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Apr 22

Knud L Rahbek Danish literary/historian, dies at 69.

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Nov 22

Justin M'Carthy, Irish politician and historian, is born.

Ref: 70

1831

Justin Winsor, American librarian (Harvard) and historian, is born.

Ref: 70

1832

Mar 04

Jean-Francois Champollion, French historian and linguist, decoder of the Rosetta Stone, dies at age 41.

Ref: 70

May 05

Hubert Howe Bancroft, American historian of the American West, is born.

Ref: 70

1833

Jan 24

Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer German, historian (Deutsche Geschichte), is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 03

Thomas T H Jorissen Dutch historian, is born.

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1834

Lord Acton [John E.E. Dalberg], English historian, editor of The Rambler, is born.

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1835

Feb 20

Allessandro d'Ancona Italian philologist, is born.

Ref: 5

1838

Henry Adams Boston MA, US historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams), is born.

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May 10

James first Viscount Bryce, historian/statesman, is born.

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Jul 20

Sir George Otto Trevelyan, English historian, statesman and biographer, is born.

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1840

Oct 05

John Addington Symonds Brit historian/writer (Probs in Greek Ethics), is born.

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1841

Apr 26

Wilhelm Scherer German literature historian, is born.

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1842

Jan 17

Anton G van Hamel founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands), is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 04

Georg Brandes [Morris Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 04

Vasili O Klyutshevski Russian historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 22

Léon Vanderkindere Belgian historian/mayor (Ukkel), is born.

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John Fiske [Edmund Fisk Green] US historian/philosopher, is born.

Ref: 5

May 15

Emanuel Count de las Cases French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76.

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1843

Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Blass, German biblical philologist. His 1896 "Grammar of New Testament Greek" became a foundational work in New Testament studies, and is still in print.

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1845

Jacob Verdam Dutch philologist, is born.

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Mar 19

Willem H de Beaufort Dutch historian/politician, is born.

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May 16

Dietrich Schäfer German historian (Deutsche Hanse), is born.

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1847

Mar 23

Alexandru D Xenopol Romania, historian, is born.

Ref: 5

May 11

Godefroid Kurth Belgian historian (La cité de Liège au moyen âge), is born.

Ref: 5

1848

Samuel Muller Dutch historian/archivist (Middle Ages), is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 24

Brooks Adams, American historian, son of Charles Francis Adams (The Law of Civilization and Decay), is born.

Ref: 2

Aug 09

Birth of Kenneth Scott Latourette, Baptist church historian. Teaching at Yale from 1921-53, his greatest writings were his 7-volume History of the Expansion of Christianity (1937-45) and 5-volume Christianity in a Revolutionary Age (1958-62).

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1849

Oct 16

George Washington Williams Penns, first major black historian, dies.

Ref: 5

1850

Apr 16

Herbert Baxter Adams US, historian (American Historical Association), is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 10

David Jayne Hill, US diplomat, author, historian, educator, is born.

Ref: 17

1852

Jul 25

Gaspard Gourgaud, French historian, dies at age 68.

Ref: 70

1855

Peter J Blok Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People), is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 18

Abraham Bredius Dutch art historian (Jan Steen), is born.

Ref: 5

1856

Apr 12

William M Conway English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), is born.

Ref: 5

Nov 03

Marcelino Menez, Spanish historian, is born.

Ref: 70

1857

Feb 02

Jan Six Dutch art historian/art collector, is born.

Ref: 5

1858

Georg F Creuzer German philological/historian, dies at 86.

Ref: 5

Mar 10

Henry W. Fowler, English lexicographer and philologist, is born.

Ref: 70

1859

Jan 08

Antoine GB Schayes Belgian historian/archaeologist, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Jan 09

Frederik Pijper Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries), is born.

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Frederik Pijper Dutch vicar/church historian (The Monasteries), is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 16

Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian who wrote Democracy in America dies at age 53.

Ref: 68

Dec 21

Nicolaas C Kist Dutch church historian/archivist, dies at 66.

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John W Fortescue military historian, is born.

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Thomas Babington Macaulay English essayist/historian, dies.

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1860

William James Ashley English economic-historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 07

Constantine S Aksakov Russian historian/poet, dies at 43.

Ref: 5

1861

Nov 14

Frederick Jackson Turner Wisconsin, historian/educator (Harvard U), is born.

Ref: 5

1862

Daniel Hal‚vy French historian/writer (La fin des notables), is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 23

Henri Pirenne Belgian historian (History of Belgium), is born.

Ref: 5

1863

Jan 15

Adolph Goldschmidt German historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 29

James Harvey Robinson Ill, historian (Ordeal of Civilization), is born.

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1864

Apr 21

Max Weber German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism), is born.

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1865

Apr 20

Max HHR Nettlau Austrian historian (Le Première Internationale), is born.

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1866

Rafael Altamira Crevea Spanish lawyer/historian, is born.

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Benedetto Croce Italy, humanist/historian/editor/philosopher, is born.

Ref: 5

1867

Mar 18

Michael G de Boer historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), is born.

Ref: 5

May 23

Archibald Alison Scottish historian, dies at 74.

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Manuel de Oliveira Lima Brazilian historian/diplomat, is born.

Ref: 5

1868

Jan 03

Franz V M Cumont Belgian religious historian, is born.

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1869

May 06

Joseph Cuvelier Belgian historian/archivist, is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 16

Albert F Pollard British historian (Dict of natural biography), is born.

Ref: 5

1871

May 08

[Émile M] Louis Madelin French historian (French revolutionary), is born.

Ref: 5

May 17

Henricus P Bremmer art historian (Modern Kunstwerken), is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 13

Herman T Colenbrander Dutch historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1872

Jul 26

George Louis Beer historian (authority on British colonies), is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 07

Johan Huizinga Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), is born.

Ref: 5

1873

May 10

Jan Kalf literary/art historian (Preservation of museums), is born.

Ref: 5

May 21

Emil Ermatinger Switzerland, literature historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1874

Jan 28

Ernst Rabel Austrian/US law historian (Grundzüge), is born.

Ref: 5

Jules Michelet French historian (History of France), dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Nov 27

Charles A. Beard historian: “perhaps the quintessential economic-school historian”; writer: An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, The Basic History of the United States; helped found New School for Social Research in NY City; is born.

Ref: 4

1875

Hans Lietzman German theologist/church historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Mar 27

Edgar Quinet French writer/historian (Ahasvérus), dies at 72.

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Desiderius A Stracke Flemish jesuit/literature historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 19

Carter G Woodson New Canton VA, American historian (black studies), is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 20

Michail P Pogodin Russian historian/writer (Povesti), dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Philip Henry Stanhope, English politician/historian, dies at age 70.

Ref: 70

1876

George Macauley Trevelyan England, historian (Giuseppe Garibaldi), is born.

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Mar 29

Joseph Schmidlin German church historian/antifascist, is born.

Ref: 5

May 26

Frantisek Palacky Czechoslovakia, historian/MP, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Jun 02

Giuseppe Ferrari, Italian historian and political philosopher, dies at age 65.

Ref: 70

Aug 05

Mary R Beard Indpls, historian (Woman as a Force in History), is born.

Ref: 5

1877

May 29

John Lothrop Motley (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63.

Ref: 5

1878

Feb 17

José Amador de los Ríos Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59.

Ref: 5

1879

Jacques Bainville French historian/essayist/journalist, is born.

Ref: 5

1880

Mar 15

Jan K J de Jonge Dutch historian, dies at 51.

Ref: 5

1881

Feb 05

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish historian and essayist (The French Revolution, Sartor Resartus), dies at age 85.

Ref: 4

May 23

Leopold von Ranke historian, dies.

Ref: 5

1882

Jozef Goossenaerts Flemish philologist (Language boundary), is born.

Ref: 5

Mar 03

Floris H L Prims Flemish priest/historian/archivist of Antwerp, is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 09

Jules Quicherat French historian/archaeologist (Mélanges), dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Dec 31

David Cohen Dutch historian/chairman (Jewish Council), is born.

Ref: 5

1883

Pavel Melnikov Russian historian/author, dies.

Ref: 5

Feb 13

Pavel Melnikov [Petsjerski], Russian historian, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Apr 01

William Manchester, U.S. historian and biographer, is born.

Ref: 2

1884

Aug 09

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1885

Mar 25

Veit Valentin German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution), is born.

Ref: 5

Nov 05

Will Durant author, historian: The Story of Philosophy, The Story of Civilization [w/wife Ariel]; is born.

Ref: 4

Louis-Prosper Gachard Belgian historian, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

1886

Van Wyck Brooks New Jersey, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain), is born.

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Ernst R Curtius German literature historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 06

Marc Bloch, French historian and educator; leader in Resistance, is born.

Ref: 70

Dec 21

Hermann A J Kees German Egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology), is born.

Ref: 5

1887

Mar 08

Pavel Annenkov Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Mar 20

Pavel Annenkov Russian literature historian, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Jul 09

Samuel Eliot Morison, biographer and historian, is born.

Ref: 2

Dec 15

Pieter C A Geyl historian (History of the Dutch Tribe), is born.

Ref: 5

1889

Mar 12

Philip Guedalla historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 04

Thomas T H Jorissen historian, dies at 56.

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Arnold Toynbee, English historian; wrote 12-volume "Study of History", is born.

Ref: 68

1890

Mar 18

Gerardus van der Leeuw Dutch religion historian/minister of Education, is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 26

Heinrich Schliemann German archaeologist (Trojan War), dies at 68.

Ref: 5

1891

Jan 17

George Bancroft, American historian, dies at age 90.

Ref: 70

1892

Dumas Malone Mississippi, historian (Jefferson & His Time), is born.

Ref: 5

Erwin Panofsky German/US art historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 28

E. H. Carr, English political scientist and historian, is born.

Ref: 70

1894

Feb 13

Franjo Racki Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

1895

Mar 14

Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian, is born.

Ref: 5

May 03

Earnest Kantorowicz German/US historian (Laudes regiae), is born.

Ref: 5

May 26

Salo Wittmayer Baron, Austrian-born American historian, is born.

Ref: 70

1896

Apr 28

Heinrich von Treitschke German historian, dies.

Ref: 5

1897

Oct 22

Justin Winsor, American librarian (Harvard) and historian, dies at age 66.

Ref: 70

1898

Hans van Werveke Flemish historian (Diocese Terwaan), is born.

Ref: 5

May 01

Alphonse Wauters Belgian historian, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

1899

Guido Kisch Czech/German/US historian (Jews in medieval Germany), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan 23

Joseph Nathan Kane historian (Famous Firsts)

Ref: 5

Jan 29

Robert J Fruin Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Feb 14

John Randall Jr Michigan, historian/philosopher (Western Man)

Ref: 5

Feb 18

Sir Arthur Bryant English historian and biographer (King Charles II), is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 24

Jacob Presser Dutch historian/writer (Down-fall)

Ref: 5

May 26

Otto E Neugebauer Austrian/US math historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Oct 09

Bruce Catton, the American writer and historian known for his books about the Civil War, was born.

Ref: 70

Dec 16

Harold Walter Bailey, philologist, is born.

Ref: 5

1901

Jan 14

Victor Balaguer Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Mar 01

Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer German historian (Mirabeau), dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Mar 21

Richard Leslie Hill historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 22

William Stubbs historian/bishop, dies.

Ref: 5

Apr 29

George Osborne Sayles historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1902

Jan 25

Gerard P M Knuvelder Dutch literature historian (Vocation, Kitty), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan 30

Sir Nikolaus Pevsner England, art historian (The Buildings of England), is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 21

Arthur D Nock English/US historian (St Paul), is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 23

Samuel R Gardiner British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Jun 19

Lord Acton [John E.E. Dalberg], English historian, editor of The Rambler, dies at age 68.

Ref: 70

Aug 24

Fernand Braudel French historian (Civililization & Capitalism), is born.

Ref: 5

Oct 25

Henry Steele Commager, American historian who wrote the fifty-five volume Rise of the American Nation, is born.

Ref: 2

1903

Jan 20

Sybil Marion Rosenfeld theatre historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Alfred Leslie Rowse historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1904

Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

George Kennan, U.S. diplomat and historian, is born.

Ref: 2

Feb 23

William Shirer, historian, CBS broadcaster and author (The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich), is born.

Ref: 2

1905

Mar 14

Raymond Aron French sociologist/political scientist, is born.

Ref: 5

1906

Henry Phelps Brown historian/economist, is born.

Ref: 5

Mar 25

Alan John Percivale Taylor British historian (English history 1914-1915), is born.

Ref: 5

Oct 14

Hannah Arendt Germany, historian (Origins of Totalitarianism), is born.

Ref: 5

1907

Mar 07

Mircea Eliade religious historian (Le Yoga), is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 03

Isaac Deutscher Polish/English historian (Stalin/Trotsky biography), is born.

Ref: 5

May 28

Frederick George Emmison archivist/historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1908

Jan 04

Walther Vanbeselaere Flemish art historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan 12

Ben Seijes Dutch historian (WWII), is born.

Ref: 5

May 24

Michael Roberts historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1909

Rene Etiemble French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais), is born.

Ref: 5

Mar 27

Golo Mann [Gottfried], German/US historian (Antisemitism), is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 16

Herman Uyttersprot Flemish literature historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 30

Cyril Northcote Parkinson, England, historian (Pursuit of Progress), is born.

Ref: 5

1910

Jan 03

Thomas Stuart Willan historian, is born.

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Dorothy Stroud garden historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 19

Andrew Gilchrist historian/diplomat, is born.

Ref: 5

May 18

Arthur van Schendel Dutch art historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1912

Belinda Quirey dance historian/teacher, is born.

Ref: 5

May 19

Marcelino Menez, Spanish historian, dies at age 55.

Ref: 5

1913

Ragnhild Marie Hatton historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 13

John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy English art historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1914

Jan 15

Lord Dacre of Glanton British historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan 16

Roger Aubert Belgium, church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX), is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 27

Albert Soboult French historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 13

Alan L Bullock British historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1915

John Hope Franklin historian, is born.

Ref: 5

May 06

Theodore H White historian/writer (Making of the President), is born.

Ref: 5

1916

Nov 17

Shelby Foote, American writer, famous for his three-volume narrative on America's Civil War, is born.

Ref: 2

1917

Jan 21

Rohan Butler historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Mar 11

GE Göran Schildt Finnish art historian/writer (Solbåten), is born.

Ref: 5

Mar 23

H C Allen American historian, is born.

Ref: 5

May 20

Richard Charles Cobb historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Oct 31

William H. McNeil, historian (The Rise of the West), is born.

Ref: 2

1918

Hubert Howe Bancroft, American historian of the American West, dies at age 85.

Ref: 70

Mar 19

Willem H de Beaufort Dutch historian/liberal politician, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

May 16

Edward Thomas historian/intelligence expert, is born.

Ref: 5

May 27

Henry Adams US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80.

Ref: 5

1919

F de Jong Edz Dutch historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1920

Jan 21

Donald Cuthbert Coleman economic historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 27

Alexandru D Xenopol Romanian historian, dies at 72.

Ref: 5

Jun 14

Max Weber German sociologist/economist/historian (Ancient Judaism), dies at age 56.

Ref: 70

1921

Apr 12

A W Mabbs archivist, is born.

Ref: 5

1922

Apr 01

William Manchester, historian/writer: The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, A World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age, is born in Attleboro MA.

Ref: 4

Apr 26

James Holt medieval historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 05

Samuel Muller Fzn Dutch historian/archivist, dies.

Ref: 5

1924

Feb 11

Mary Tregear Oriental art historian, is born.

Ref: 5

John Grigg British historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1926

Douglas Johnson historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 26

Frederik Pijper Dutch vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Dec 08

Jan Six Dutch art historian/collector, dies.

Ref: 5

1927

Feb 19

Georg Brandes [Cohen], Danish literary-historian/critic, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Jun 02

Phillip Burton historian (Vanishing Eagles), is born.

Ref: 5

1928

Mar 22

Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov soldier/historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Tom Sharpe English historian/author (Riotous Assembly, Want), is born.

Ref: 5

May 17

Donald Cameron Watt historian, is born.

Ref: 5

May 31

Manuel de Oliveira Lima Brazilian historian, dies at 60.

Ref: 5

Aug 17

Sir George Otto Trevelyan, English historian, statesman and biographer, dies at age 90.

Ref: 70

Dec 16

Peter Nailor civil servant/historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1929

Jan 12

Dietrich Schäfer German historian (Mein Leben), dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Peter Bingham Hinchcliff British church historian (1 Sided Reciprocity), is born.

Ref: 5

Renzo de Felice historian, is born.

Ref: 5

William K Everson film historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1930

Jan 07

Rudolf Häpke historian (Entstehung Holländ Wirtschaft), dies at 45.

Ref: 5

Dec 11

Friedrich von Bernhardi German war theorist/historian, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Dec 23

Johannes H Been Brielle archivist, dies at 71.

Ref: 5

1931

Apr 04

Denis Frank Owen Natural historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1932

David Jayne Hill, US diplomat, author, historian, educator, dies.

Ref: 17

1933

Apr 10

Robert Rhodes James historian (Gallipoli), is born.

Ref: 5

Dec 26

Henry W. Fowler, English lexicographer and philologist, dies at age 75.

Ref: 70

1934

Apr 20

Lindsay Oliver John Boynton furniture historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1935

May 04

Lodewijk Scharpé Flemish literature historian, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

1936

Jacques Bainville French historian/essayist/journalist, dies at 57.

Ref: 5

1937

Earl Russell historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 19

William M Conway English historian/explorer (Spitzbergen), dies at 81.

Ref: 5

1938

Jan 03

Arthur Boon Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54.

Ref: 5

1940

Feb 08

Averil Cameron British historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 18

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher historian, dies.

Ref: 5

1941

Feb 04

Johann Peter Kirsch Luxembourg church historian, dies at 79.

Ref: 5

Apr 01

Hippolyte Delehaye Flemish historian, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

1942

Alfred Coville French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81.

Ref: 5

1943

May 03

John Costello historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1944

Jan 05

Adolph Goldschmidt German/Swiss art historian, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Anthony Farrar Hockley military historian, is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 13

Paul Hazard French literature historian, dies at 65.

Ref: 5

Jun 16

Marc Bloch, French historian and educator; leader in Resistance, dies at age 57.

Ref: 70

1945

Johan Huizinga Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72.

Ref: 5

1946

Mar 13

Abraham Bredius Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90.

Ref: 5

Dec 15

Conrad Haebler historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89.

Ref: 5

1947

Jan 13

Veit Valentin German/US historian (German People), dies at 61.

Ref: 5

Joseph Cuvelier Belgian historian/general, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

1948

Sep 01

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1950

Apr 03

Carter G Woodson "father of black history", dies in Washington DC at 74.

Ref: 5

1952

Nov 20

Benedetto Croce, Italian historian, humanist, and philosopher, dies at age 86.

Ref: 70

1954

Mar 06

Jan Kalf Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

May 19

Aart A van Schelven church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73.

Ref: 5

May 30

Ahmad Amin Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

1956

Henricus P Bremmer Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Mar 22

George A L Sarton, Belgian-born American scholar, historian, dies at age 71.

Ref: 5

Apr 19

Ernst R Curtius German literature historian, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

1958

Jan 13

John Lindeboom Dutch vicar/church historian, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

May 15

Michael G the Boer historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Aug 14

Mary Ritter Beard American historian, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

1959

Gustave Charlier Belgian literature historian, dies.

Ref: 5

1960

Johan E Elias Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Mar 27

Clare Lucy Madeleine Evans historian, is born.

Ref: 5

1963

Arthur D Nock English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60.

Ref: 5

May 02

Van Wyck Brooks US historian (Ordeal of Mark Twain), dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Dec 06

Jozef Goossenaerts Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Dec 09

Philibert Schmitz Belgium, historian (Order of St Benoît), dies at 75.

Ref: 5

1964

Jan 30

Berthold Altaner German church historian, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

1966

Feb 22

Paul de Keyser Flemish philologist/folklorist, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Dec 31

Pieter C A Geyl historian (History of Dutch Race), dies.

Ref: 5

1970

Jan 29

Basil H Liddell Hart English military historian, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

Feb 18

Desiderius A Stracke Flemish Jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94.

Ref: 5

Apr 30

Jacob Presser historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at 71.

Ref: 5

1971

John A Emmens art historian/poet (Dog of Pavlov), dies at 47.

Ref: 5

1973

Feb 02

Henry J Elias Flemish historian/mayor of Gent, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

1974

Ludovicus J Rogier Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at 79.

Ref: 5

1975

Constant Burniaux Belgian art historian (L'amour Vivre), dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Apr 28

Jan A de Jonge Dutch historian, dies at 48.

Ref: 5

Oct 22

Arnold (Joseph) Toynbee historian, author: A Study of History, The Western Question in Greece and Turkey, The World and the West, Acquaintances, and Experiences; dies at age 86.

Ref: 68

1976

May 15

Samuel Eliot Morison US historian (Admiral of Ocean Sea), dies at 88.

Ref: 5

1977

Mar 10

Pieter Jan Bouman Dutch sociologist/historian, dies at 74.

Ref: 5

1978

Feb 05

Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor Dutch historian (Omzien), dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Aug 28

Bruce Catton, the American writer and historian known for his books about the Civil War, dies.

Ref: 70

1979

Feb 06

Arthur van Schendel Dutch art historian, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

1981

May 01

Dr Clarence A Bacote historian & political scientist, dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Nov 07

Will Durant author, historian: The Story of Philosophy, The Story of Civilization [w/wife Ariel]; dies at age 96.

Ref: 4

Guido Provoost Belgian historian, dies at 41.

Ref: 5

1982

Nov 03

E. H. Carr, English political scientist and historian, dies at age 90.

Ref: 70

1983

Oct 17

Raymond Aron, French sociologist, historian and political commentator, dies at age 78.

Ref: 70

1985

Sir Arthur Bryant, English historian and biographer, dies at age 85.

Ref: 70

1986

Jan 06

Louis Lebeer Dutch art historian, dies at 90.

Ref: 5

Marcel Liebman Belgian historian, dies at 56.

Ref: 5

Dec 27

Dumas Malone Mississippi, historian (Jefferson & His Time), dies at age 94.

Ref: 70

1989

Nov 25

Salo Wittmayer Baron, Austrian-born American historian, dies at age 94.

Ref: 70

1991

Jan 29

Yasushi Inoue Japanese historian, dies.

Ref: 5

Oct 28

John Korbal film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at 51

Ref: 5

1992

May 04

Henri Guillemin French historian, dies at 89.

Ref: 5

1993

Feb 07

W Sybout A Colenbrander Dutch historian/journalist, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Mar 09

Cyril Northcote Parkinson, English historian, author, and formulator of "Parkinson's Law", dies at age 83.

Ref: 70

William L. Shirer journalist, author/American Jounalist: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, Ghandi: A Memoir; dies at age 89.

Ref: 4

1994

Fouad Fram al-Boustani Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at 88.

Ref: 5

Feb 27

Harold Acton English/Italian historian/art collector, dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Feb 28

George Osborne Sayles historian, dies at 92.

Ref: 5

Mar 24

Edith Porada art historian/archaeologist, dies at 81.

Ref: 5

Apr 07

Angelus Gottfried "Golo" Mann German/US historian, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

May 13

Arthur Basil Cotle medievalist, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Geoffery Rudolph Elton historiographer, dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Robert Jesse Charleston museum curator, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Thomas Roy Garrett museum curator, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Dec 15

Henry Phelps Brown historian/economist, dies at 88.

Ref: 5

John Eastburn Boswell medievalist, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

1995

John AG Gere English art historian (Raphael & his Circle), dies at 73.

Ref: 5

Margaret Barbara Lambert British historian (Saar), dies at 88.

Ref: 5

S van der Linde church historian, dies at 89.

Ref: 5

Mar 19

Fernand Lodewick literature historian (Literature), dies at 85.

Ref: 5

May 16

Ragnhild Marie Hatton historian, dies at 82.

Ref: 5

Dec 06

Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov soldier/historian, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Dec 08

John Gillett film researcher, dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Lindsay Oliver John Boynton furniture historian, dies.

Ref: 5

1996

Jan 06

John Phillipps Kenyon historian/teacher, dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Harold Walter Bailey philologist, dies at 96.

Ref: 5

Jan 15

Richard Charles Cobb historian, dies at 78.

Ref: 5

Edward Thomas historian/intelligence expert, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Alistair Cameron Crombie historian of science, dies at 80.

Ref: 5

Charles McCorquodale art historian, dies at 47.

Ref: 5

Feb 18

Richard Leslie Hill historian, dies at 94.

Ref: 5

Mar 03

Meyer Schapiro art historian, dies at 91.

Ref: 5

Mar 07

Aled Eames maritime historian, dies at 74

Ref: 5

Apr 05

Peter Nailor civil servant/historian, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Apr 11

Edwin Clarke historian/neurologist, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

William K Everson film historian, dies at 67

Ref: 5

Apr 22

David Shipman film historian, dies at 63.

Ref: 5

Apr 26

Burton Stein historian, dies at 69.

Ref: 5

May 25

Renzo de Felice historian, dies at 67.

Ref: 5

Dec 03

George Duby historian, dies at 77.

Ref: 5

Dec 09

Raphael Samuel historian, dies at 32.

Ref: 5

Oswald Szemerenyi philologist, dies at 83.

Ref: 5

Dec 31

Michael Roberts historian, dies at 88.

Ref: 5

1997

Jan 24

Callum Alexander MacDonald historian, dies at 49.

Ref: 5

Peter Morris historian of France, dies at 50.

Ref: 5

Sam Moskowitz San Francisco fandom historian, dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Dec 08

Leon Poliakov historian, dies at 87

Ref: 5

Dec 27

Dorothy Stroud garden historian, dies at 87.

Ref: 5

James Lees-Milne architecural historian, dies at 89.

Ref: 5

1998