Thomas Spira, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Thomas Spira

Slovak historian

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1923

Place of Birth: Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 26-Sep-2005

Profession: historian

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Thomas Spira (1923–2005) was Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Prince Edward Island and editor of the Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, the first academic journal devoted to the study of nationalism.
Born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Spira moved to the United States just before the outbreak of World War II .
He enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts program at the City College of New York in 1964, and later completed his M.A.
and Ph.D.
in History at McGill University in Montreal.
Spira began teaching at the University of Prince Edward Island in 1980, and was named Professor Emeritus by its Board of Governors in 1998.