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Donald Kagan

American historian (1932-2021) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89

Donald Kagan was a Lithuanian-born American historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece. He formerly taught in the Department of History at Cornell University.

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Jefferson Lecture2005
National Humanities Medal2002

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Kagan was considered among the foremost American scholars of Greek history and is notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Deceased
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Lived 1932 to 2021 · aged 89