Donald Kagan
Sign in to saveAmerican historian (1932-2021)
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- May 1, 1932
- Died
- ,
- Works
- 107
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- IS MAJOR WAR OBSOLETE? AN EXCHANGE
- The Western Heritage
- The Western Heritage
- Western Heritage
- Western Heritage Since 1300
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Donald Kagan (born May 1, 1932) is an American historian at Yale specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. He was Dean of Yale College from 1989–1992. He formerly taught in the Department of History at Cornell University. In a review in The New Yorker, critic George Steiner said of Kagan's seminal four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War: "The temptation to acclaim Kagan's four volumes as the foremost work of history produced in North Ameri
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Donald
- Family name
- Kagan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kuršėnai
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Child
- Frederick Kagan
- Occupation
- classical philologist
- Employer
- Yale University
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Jefferson Lecture
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Field of work
- classical philology
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- Residence
- Brooklyn
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- date of birth
- 1932-05-01
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- Donald Kagan
- name in native language
- Donald Kagan
- date of death
- 2021-08-06
- writing language
- English language
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