Donald Kagan (1932–2021)
Author of The Peloponnesian War
About the Author
Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University
Series
Works by Donald Kagan
While America Sleeps: Self-Delusion, Military Weakness, and the Threat to Peace Today (2000) 47 copies
The Western Heritage Since 1300 AP* Edition (11th Edition) - Reading and Note Taking Study Guide (2014) 1 copy
The Western Heritage Instructor's Resource Manual Sampler (Teaching&Learning Classroom Edition, Brief Fourth… (2005) 1 copy
LA GUERRA DEL PELOPONESO 1 copy
Associated Works
Present Dangers: Crisis and Opportunity in American Foreign and Defense Policy (2000) — Contributor — 37 copies
Against the Grain: The New Criterion on Art and Intellect at the End of the Twentieth Century (1995) — Contributor — 34 copies
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- Canonical name
- Kagan, Donald
- Birthdate
- 1932-05-01
- Date of death
- 2021-08-06
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
Lithuania (birth) - Birthplace
- Kuršėnai, Lithuania
- Place of death
- Washington, DC, USA
- Places of residence
- Lithuania
Brooklyn, New York, USA
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Washington, DC, USA - Education
- Brooklyn College (AB|1954)
Brown University (MA|1955)
Ohio State University (PhD|1958)
American School of Classical Studies, Athens, postdoctoral study (1958-59) - Occupations
- professor
historian
Instructor in history, Capital University
Instructor in history, Pennsylvania State University
Assistant professor, Cornell University
Associate professor, Cornell University (show all 15)
Professor of Ancient History, Cornell University
Professor of History and Classics, Yale University
Bass Professor of History and Classics and Western Civilization, Yale University
Sterling Professor of Classics and History, Yale University
Chair of Classics Department, Yale University
Master of Timothy Dwight College
Richard M. Colgate Professor
Acting Director of Athletics, Yale University
Dean of Yale College - Relationships
- Kagan, Myrna (wife)
Kagan, Robert (son)
Kagan, Frederick W. (son)
Kagan, Kimberly (daughter-in-law) - Organizations
- Yale University
Cornell University - Awards and honors
- Fulbright Grant to Greece (1958-59)
American Philosophical Society research grant (1960)
New York University summer seminar grant (1960)
Fellowship to Center for Hellenic Studies (1966-67)
DeVane Medal (1975)
Phi Beta Kappa (1975) (show all 15)
Distinguished Alumnus Award, Brooklyn College (1976)
National Endowment for the Humanities summer research fellowship (1984)
Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1992-93)
Sidney Hook Memorial Award, National Association of Scholars (1994)
Guest scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center (1996)
Harwood Byrnes '08/Richard B. Sewall Teaching Prize, Yale College (1998)
National Humanities Medal (2002)
Jefferson Lecture (2005)
Sterling Professor, Yale University (2013)
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Statistics
- Works
- 60
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 5,577
- Popularity
- #4,452
- Rating
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- Reviews
- 35
- ISBNs
- 258
- Languages
- 8
- Favorited
- 3