Thomas Skidmore

This article is about the historian. For the reformer, see Thomas Skidmore (reformer).

Thomas Elliot Skidmore (Troy, 22 July 1932) is a noted historian and scholar specialized in Brazilian history.

Biography

Skidmore graduated in political science and philosophy in 1954 from Denison University. He received a Fulbright Fellowship to study philosophy at Oxford University where he met his wife Felicity. He received a second B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1956 and a master's degree in 1959. He obtained his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1960 with a thesis on the German Chancellor Leo von Caprivi.[1]

His attention shifted to South America after the Cuban Revolution. His Harvard post-doctorate focused on Brazil. In 1967 he published Politics in Brazil: 1930-64, An Experiment in Democracy.[1]

In 1966, Skidmore joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He became a full professor in 1968. In 1986, Skidmore moved to Brown University.[1]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Thomas E. Skidmore Collection". Retrieved 2009-07-08.


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