Kemal Haşim Karpat (15 February 1923,[1][2] Babadag, Tulcea, Romania – 20 February 2019, Manchester, New Hampshire, United States)[3] was a Romanian-Turkish naturalised American historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[4]
Kemal Hasim Karpat | |
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Born | Babadag, Tulcea, Romania | 15 February 1923
Died | February 20, 2019 | (aged 96)
Education | University of Istanbul (LLB), University of Washington (MA) and New York University (Ph.D.) |
Occupation | professor and historian |
He was of Turkish origin and born in Babadag, Romania. He received his LLB from the University of Istanbul, his MA from the University of Washington and his PhD from New York University. He previously worked for the UN Economics and Social Council and taught at the University of Montana (though it was called Montana State University at the time) and New York University. His final post was at Istanbul Şehir University.