Stanley Elkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American historian
Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1925
Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 16-Sep-2013
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Stanley Elkins
- Stanley Maurice Elkins (April 27, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts – September 16, 2013 in Leeds, Massachusetts) was an American historian, best known for his unique and controversial comparison of slavery in the United States to Nazi concentration camps, and for his collaborations (in a book and numerous articles) with Eric McKitrick regarding the early American Republic.
- They together wrote The Age of Federalism, on the history of the founding fathers of America.
- He obtained his BA from Harvard University using GI bill scholarship (the first group of Jews to avoid antisemitic discrimination post-WWII), Ph.D.
- in history from Columbia University and taught at the University of Chicago, spending most of his career as a professor of history at Smith College in Northampton, MA, where he raised his family and eventually retired.
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