Peter Novick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Peter Novick

American historian

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1934

Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 17-Feb-2012

Profession: historian, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Peter Novick (July 26, 1934, Jersey City – February 17, 2012, Chicago) was an American historian, and Professor of History at the University of Chicago.
He was best known for writing That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession and The Holocaust in American Life.
The latter title has also been published as The Holocaust and Collective Memory, especially for non-US anglophonic markets. Though deemed a precursor, Novick was a sharp critic of Norman Finkelstein, but also of his opponent Alan Dershowitz.
He died in 2012 in Chicago of lung cancer. Novick earned his bachelor's and doctoral degrees from Columbia University, in 1957 and 1965 respectively.