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Daniels, Robert V. (Robert Vincent), 1926-2010

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Personal name headingDaniels, Robert V. (Robert Vincent), 1926-2010
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Variant(s)Daniels, Robert Vincent, 1926-2010
Daniels, Robert Vincent
Biography/History noteA.B., 1945 & Ph.D., 1951 (both from Harvard Univ.); b. 1926
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeVermont
Birth date1926-01-04
Death date2010-03-28
Place of birthBoston (Mass.)
Field of activitySoviet Union--History
AffiliationUniversity of Vermont American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
Profession or occupationHistorians College teachers
Found inHis 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 languageeng