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James J. Sheehan

American historian · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1937 · age 89

James J. Sheehan is an American historian. His scholarship has focused on the history of modern Germany, and he is a former president of the American Historical Association (2005).

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2003Continuing Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate EducationAward2001Berlin PrizeAward2000Guggenheim FellowshipAward1998Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward1937Born31 May 1937

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Continuing Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education2003
Berlin Prize2001
Guggenheim Fellowship2000
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1998
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

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Born 1937 · age 89

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