Robert Sklar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRobert Sklar
American historian
Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1936
Place of Birth: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Date of Death: 02-Jul-2011
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Robert Sklar
- Robert Anthony Sklar (December 3, 1936 – July 2, 2011) was an American historian specializing in the history of cinema. Sklar began his career as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times.
- He received a Ph.D.
- in the history of American civilization from Harvard University in 1965.
- In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.He was a history professor at the University of Michigan and since 1977 was a professor of cinema in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
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