McNeill, William Hardy, 1917-

Greece
book chapter 1957

Summary: William Hardy McNeill was an American historian and author, noted for his argument that contact and exchange among civilizations is what drives human history forward, first postulated in The Rise of the West (1963). He was the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Chicago, where he taught from 1947 until his retirement in 1987. In 1980-81 he held the George Eastman Professorship at the University of Oxford. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Male [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Born: 1917-10-31 [2][8]
Birth Place: Vancouver (British Columbia) [2]; Vancouver [8]
Died: 2016-07-08 [2][8]
Death Place: Torrington [8]
Country: Canada [2]; United States [2]
Language: English [3][5]
Occupation: Vēsturnieks [5]; historian [8]; university teacher [8]; writer [8]
Employer: University of Chicago [8]
Work Place: Chicago, Ill. [2]
Field of Activity: Vēsture [5]
Educated at: Cornell University [8]; University of Chicago Laboratory Schools [8]
Country of Education: United States [8]
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [8]
Yale LUX: Entity [8]
Notable Names Database: Profile [8]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Library of Congress; 5. National Library of Latvia; 6. National Library of Korea; 7. National Library and Archives of Québec; 8. Wikidata

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