LC control no. | n 50037363 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Daniels, Robert V. (Robert Vincent), 1926-2010 |
Variant(s) | Daniels, Robert Vincent, 1926-2010 Daniels, Robert Vincent |
Biography/History note | A.B., 1945 & Ph.D., 1951 (both from Harvard Univ.); b. 1926 |
Associated country | United States |
Associated place | Vermont |
Birth date | 1926-01-04 |
Death date | 2010-03-28 |
Place of birth | Boston (Mass.) |
Field of activity | Soviet Union--History |
Affiliation | University of Vermont American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies |
Profession or occupation | Historians College teachers |
Found in | His A documentary history of communism, 1960: title page (Robert V. Daniels) His Red October, 1984, c1967: CIP t.p. (Robert V. Daniels) Wikipedia, viewed November 27, 2015 (Robert Vincent "Bill" Daniels (1926-2010) was an American historian and educator specializing in the history of the Soviet Union. He is best remembered as the author of two seminal monographs on the history of Soviet Russia (The Conscience of the Revolution (1960) and Red October (1967)) and as author or editor of an array of widely used Russian history textbooks which helped to shape the thinking of two generations of American college students. Born on January 4, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, died March 28, 2010. Daniels' first academic position was at Bennington College. From there he moved to the Indiana University in Bloomington, where he remained until coming home to the University of Vermont (UVM) in 1956. Daniels remained at UVM as a professor of History until his retirement in 1988. He was the first director of the Area and International Studies program at the University of Vermont. In 1992, Daniels was elected President of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS).) |
Associated language | eng |