Leopold H. Haimson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leopold H. Haimson

historian

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1927

Place of Birth: Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 18-Dec-2010

Profession: historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Leopold Henri Haimson (1927 – December 18, 2010) was a historian and professor emeritus of Columbia University. Haimson received his PhD from Harvard University in history and social relations in 1952.
He was a member of faculty at the University of Chicago from 1956.
He joined the faculty at Columbia in 1965 as a professor of Russian history and a member of the Russian Institute.
He has been the Director of the Interuniversity Project on the History of Menshevik Movement and a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
He published many books and articles, specializing in the history of Russia, particularly the Mensheviks movement.