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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  8/23/2020
  

  Dan Budnik, Who Photographed History, Is Dead at 87

  His assignments for leading magazines took him to pivotal events of the civil rights era. He was also known for his photographs of artists.

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• SOURCE: Boston Globe
  7/5/2020
  

  MIT Professor Tunney Lee, an Architect, Urban Planner, and Historian of Chinatown, Dies at 88

  “He was great public servant," said former Governor Michael S. Dukakis.

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• SOURCE: Yale News
  7/8/2020
  

  In Memoriam: Historian and Politician Ivo Banac

  “He was a true friend, a generous colleague, and an internationally recognized scholar who thought and wrote with passion and verve."

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• SOURCE: Baltimore Sun
  6/11/2020
  

  Robert Forster, a Social Historian of France, Who Taught at Johns Hopkins for 31 Years

  Robert Forster, who passed away May 13, is remembered as a rigorous scholar and an organized, supportive teacher. 

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• SOURCE: NPR
  5/31/2020
  

  Christo, Famous For His Monumental Works Of Art, Dies At 84

  Christo's works played off of their environment in cities around the world.

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• SOURCE: Glasgow Herald
  5/25/2020
  

  Obituary: Dr Ian Macdougall, Historian who Recorded the Voices and Experiences of Working People

  MacDougall, who has died at the age of 86, was a historian with a deep affection for, curiosity in and understanding of the working men and women who are frequently overlooked when a country’s story is narrated.

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• SOURCE: Johns Hopkins HUB
  5/15/2020
  

  History Professor Robert Forster dies at 93

  Forster, who taught at Hopkins from 1966 to 1996, was renowned for his work on the history of early modern France and is remembered as a generous, supportive mentor.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  5/8/2020
  

  Denis Goldberg, South African Freedom Fighter, Is Dead at 87

  He was the only white defendant to be convicted alongside Nelson Mandela and others in 1964 for resisting apartheid. He spent 22 years in prison.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  5/10/2020
  

  Thomas Reppetto, Crime Watchdog and Historian, Is Dead at 88

  A former police officer with a Harvard Ph.D., he brought a street cop’s experience and a scholarly perspective to the Citizens Crime Commission in New York.

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• SOURCE: The Mercury News
  4/21/2020
  

  Former Stanford President Donald Kennedy Dies of COVID-19

  The neurobiologist was appointed in 1980, served 12 years at helm.

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• SOURCE: Art News
  4/2/2020
  

  David C. Driskell, Tireless Advocate for Black Art History, Is Dead at 88

  Driskell's work, including the famous exhibition "Two Centuries of Black American Art," illustrated the importance of black artists in American art history.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  12/1/2019
  

  Michael Howard, Eminent British Military Historian, Dies at 97

  A decorated soldier in World War II, he helped reshape the study of war and was knighted in 1986 for his academic work.

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  8/7/2019
  

  Toni Morrison and the ‘Human Project’

  by Robert Greene II

  Through her novels and essays, Morrison helped inspire a generation of writers to reckon with American history.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/5/2019
  

  Arthur Lazarus Jr., Champion of Native American Rights, Dies at 92

  Over six decades, Mr. Lazarus helped Native American tribes across the country develop their democratic institutions, reclaim lands and exercise their sovereign powers.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  1/13/19
  

  Lamin Sanneh, pioneering historian who studied Christianity’s spread, dies at 76

  The author or editor of 20 books and more than 200 scholarly articles, he focused primarily on Christian missions and missionaries, and on the church’s development into a diverse, international religion.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  1/4/19
  

  Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, 77, Dies; Historian Recognized Black Suffragists

  Rosalyn Terborg-Penn's writing recalled how the racial split between white and black suffragists became glaringly obvious in 1913 when black participants in a Washington protest march were ordered to walk at the rear.

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• SOURCE: BBC
  12-26-2018
  

  Sister Wendy Beckett, TV art historian, dies at 88

  In the 1990s she became one of the most unlikely television stars.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  12-14-2018
  

  Fred Greenstein, 88, Dies; Political ‘Psychologist’ Assessed Presidents

  He identified six qualities in evaluating performance in the Oval Office. (No. 1: emotional intelligence.) And as a scholar of Eisenhower, he liked Ike.

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• SOURCE: The GW Hatchet
  12-3-18
  

  Historian Leo Ribuffo dies at 73

  The George Washington University professor became famous for his book, “The Old Christian Right."

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11-27-18
  

  Randolph L. Braham, leading historian of the Holocaust in Hungary, dies at 95

  Dr. Braham described Holocaust scholarship as his “destiny” and fought against moves to whitewash Hungarian collusion with Nazi authorities.