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James T. Patterson

American historian · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1935 · age 91

James T. Patterson is an American historian, who was the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Brown University for 30 years. He was educated at Harvard University. His research interests include political history, legal history, and social history, as well as the history of medicine, race relations, and education.

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Awards

Bancroft Prize1997
Guggenheim Fellowship
Frederick Jackson Turner Award

About this person

In 1981-1982, he was the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1935 · age 91