In Memoriam

  • Charles P. Roland (1918–2022)

    John David Smith and Thomas Howard Appleton Jr. | Jun 6, 2022

    Charles Pierce Roland, Alumni Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kentucky, died on April 12, 2022, just days following his 104th birthday.
  • Frank D. McCann Jr. (1939–2021)

    Sonny B. Davis | Apr 28, 2022

    Frank D. McCann Jr., professor emeritus in the Department of History at the University of New Hampshire, died in spring 2021. 
  • Richard S. Dunn (1928–2022)

    Alison Games | Mar 31, 2022

    Richard S. Dunn died on January 24, 2022, after a COVID-19 infection.
  • Maya K. Peterson (1980–2021)

    Brendan Karch | Mar 31, 2022

    Maya K. Peterson, a pioneering environmental historian of central Asia and associate professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz,...
  • Jonathan Spence (1936–2021)

    Kenneth Pomeranz | Mar 31, 2022

    Jonathan Spence, a pathbreaking historian of China and former AHA president, died on December 25, 2021.
  • Tyler Stovall (1954–2021)

    Michael G. Vann | Mar 31, 2022

    On December 10, 2021, Tyler Stovall suddenly and unexpectedly passed away in New York City.
  • Linda Nash (1962–2021)

    Purnima Dhavan | Feb 28, 2022

    Linda Nash died on October 17, 2021, in Seattle, Washington, from lymphoma.
  • John R. Gillis (1939–2021)

    James M. Banner, Jr. and James J. Sheehan | Feb 28, 2022

    John R. Gillis, professor emeritus at Rutgers University, died in Berkeley, California, on December 7, 2021.
  • 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.

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