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Stanley Elkins

American historian

Died when: 88 years 142 days (1060 months)
Star Sign: Taurus

 

Stanley Elkins

Stanley Maurice Elkins (April 27, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts – September 16, 2013 in Leeds, Massachusetts) was an American historian, best known for his unique and controversial comparison of slavery in the United States to Nazi concentration camps, and for his collaborations (in a book and numerous articles) with Eric McKitrick regarding the early American Republic.

They together wrote The Age of Federalism, on the history of the founding fathers of America.He obtained his BA from Harvard University (under the GI bill scholarship) and his Ph.D. in history from Columbia University.

Elkins first taught at the University of Chicago but spent most of his career as a professor of history at Smith College in Northampton, MA, where he raised his family and eventually retired.


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