Orlando Patterson
Historical and cultural sociologist · Jamaica · On the map · Writers · Born 1940 · age 86
Horace Orlando Patterson is a Jamaican-American historian and sociologist known for his work on the history of race and slavery in the United States and Jamaica, as well as the sociology of development. He is currently the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.
Orlando Patterson is read about 45 times a day, in 12 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 117 days, one point a day.
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2016Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAward2015Gold Musgrave MedalAward2011Great Immigrants AwardAward1991National Book AwardAwardNational Book Award for NonfictionAward1983Ralph J. Bunche AwardAward1940Born5 June 1940
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About this person
Patterson's 1991 book Freedom in the Making of Western Culture won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.
Country
Jamaica
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1940 · age 86
