August Meier (April 30, 1923 – March 19, 2003) was a professor of history at
Kent State University
Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in As ...
and an author. He was a leading scholar on African American history. He edited several books with
Elliott Rudwick. The
New York Public Library
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has a collection of his papers.
Raised in
Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.[Barringer High School
Barringer Academy of the Arts & Humanities (formerly Barringer High School and Newark High School), is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United ...]
.
August Meier Papers - Part 1 (1930 - 1998)
Newark Archives Project. Accessed January 13, 2021. "Born in Newark in 1923, he was a graduate of Barringer High School." He graduated from Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Oberlin, Ohio. It is the oldest Mixed-sex education, coeducational liberal arts college in the United S ...
and received an M.A. in 1947 and Phd in 1957 from Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
where he studied under Henry Steele Commager
Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) was an American historian. As one of the most active and prolific liberal intellectuals of his time, with 40 books and 700 essays and reviews, he helped define modern liberalism in the United States.
In the 19 ...
and published his dissertation, ''Foundational Negro Thought in America: 1880–1915'' (1963).[
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References
1923 births
2003 deaths
Barringer High School alumni
Kent State University faculty
Writers from Newark, New Jersey
American writers
Columbia University alumni
Oberlin College alumni
Historians from New Jersey
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