Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.
Historian, Author
1888 – 1965
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Who was Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr.?
Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Sr. was an American historian of the United States. He pioneered social history and urban history. He was a Progressive Era intellectual who stressed material causes 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., was also a noted historian.
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- Born
- Feb 27, 1888
Xenia - Also known as
- Arthur Schlesinger, Sr.
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- Ohio State University
- Employment
- Harvard University
- Lived in
- Xenia
- Died
- Oct 30, 1965
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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