In Memoriam

  • Harry A. Kersey Jr. (1935–2021)

    Andrew K. Frank and Patricia Kollander | Feb 28, 2022

    Harry A. Kersey Jr., an eminent historian of the modern Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians, passed away on November 7, 2021.
  • Julius S. Scott (1955–2021)

    Vincent Brown, Laurent Dubois, and Jennifer L. Morgan | Feb 28, 2022

    Julius S. Scott III, author of The Common Wind, has died.
  • Betty C. Wood (1945–2021)

    Mary Beth Norton | Feb 28, 2022

    Betty C. Wood, retired member of the history faculty at the University of Cambridge and an AHA honorary foreign member, died on September 3, 2021.
  • Donald D. Horward (1933–2021)

    Michael V. Leggiere | Jan 31, 2022

    Donald D. Horward, historian of France, passed away at age 88 on October 31, 2021.
  • Charles Grier Sellers Jr. (1923–2021)

    Daniel N. Gullotta and David A. Hollinger | Dec 29, 2021

    Charles Grier Sellers Jr. died on September 24, 2021, at the age of 98.
  • James Z. Gao (1948–2021)

    Jeffrey Herf | Dec 29, 2021

    James Z. Gao, professor of modern Chinese history at the University of Maryland, College Park, died on October 26, 2021, at the age of 73.
  • Walter Nugent (1935–2021)

    James H. Madison | Dec 29, 2021

    Walter Nugent, a historian of wide-ranging interests and expertise, has died.
  • Martin J. Sherwin (1937–2021)

    Gregg Herken | Dec 29, 2021

    Martin J. Sherwin died on October 6, 2021, of complications from lung cancer.
  • Eric Weitz (1953–2021)

    Jeremy Adelman | Dec 29, 2021

    Eric Weitz, a historian of Germany and global human rights, passed away on July 1, 2021.
  • A Tribute to Leon Litwack

    James Grossman and Waldo E. Martin | Dec 27, 2021

    Leon F. Litwack died on August 5, 2021, at the age of 91.

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