Theodore S. Hamerow

Theodore Stephen Hamerow (August 24, 1920 – February 16, 2013) was an American historian, focusing on modern history, especially German history of the 19th and 20th century.[1]

Born to Jewish parents in Warsaw, Hamerow moved to the United States with his family in 1930.[2] He earned his bachelor's degree from City College of New York in 1942, followed by a master's from Columbia University in 1947. In 1951, he earned his doctorate under supervision of Hajo Holborn at Yale University.[2][3]

Hamerow was a professor of German history at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1952 to 1958, before joining faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he taught until 1991.[2]

Hamerow died in Madison, Wisconsin, in 2013.[2][3]

Selected works
  • The age of Bismarck, documents and interpretations (Harper/Evanston, New York, NY/London 1972).

References
  1. Theodore Stephen Hamerow
  2. "Theodore Stephen Hamerow". Wisconsin State Journal. February 24, 2013. p. 14. Retrieved February 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Theodore Hamerow (1920–2013)
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