Leften Stavros Stavrianos (1913 – March 23, 2004) was a Greek-Canadian historian.[1] His most influential books are considered to be A Global History: From Prehistory to the 21st Century and The Balkans since 1453.[1][2] He was one of the first historians to challenge Orientalist views of the Ottoman Empire.
L. S. Stavrianos | |
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Born | 1913 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Died | March 23, 2004 La Jolla, California, US | (aged 91)
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | University of British Columbia Clark University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | History |
Institutions | Queens, Smith, Northwestern, UCSD |
Stavrianos was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1913. He received a B.A. in history from the University of British Columbia, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.[1]
Stavrianos joined the faculty of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.[2] He then became a professor at Northwestern University in 1946. After retiring from Northwestern in 1973, Stavrianos joined the University of California, San Diego Department of History until 1992.
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