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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1927-01-14 – 1989-12-05
Nathan Irvin Huggins (January 14, 1927 – December 5, 1989) was a distinguished American historian, author and educator. As a leading scholar in the field of African American studies, he was W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of History and of Afro-American Studies at Harvard University as well as director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research. He died of cancer in Cambridge, Massachusetts, aged 62.
historian, university teacher, educator
Harvard University; University of California, Berkeley
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Columbia University · Grenoble Alpes University · Harvard University · Heidelberg University · University of Paris
Harvard University · University of California, Berkeley
Guggenheim Fellowship
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q15460492 · wikidata
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