David Freeman Hawke (died 1999 at age 75) was an American historian. His book ''Benjamin Rush: Revolutionary Gadfly'' became a
National Book Award nominee in 1972. Hawke was born in
Philadelphia and held degrees from
Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College ( , ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1864, with its first classes held in 1869, Swarthmore is one of the earliest coeduca ...
, the
University of Wisconsin and the
University of Pennsylvania. He taught at
Pace College
Pace University is a private university with its main campus in New York City and secondary campuses in Westchester County, New York. It was established in 1906 by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace as a business school. Pac ...
for 14 years before joining
Lehman College
Lehman College is a public college in the Bronx borough of New York City. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within CUNY in September 1967. The college is named after Herbert H. Lehma ...
in 1972. He retired in 1986.
Life
Hawke was born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
He died in 1999 in
Madison, Connecticut, United States.
Career
He was
professor emeritus of American history at Lehman College of the
City University of New York
The City University of New York ( CUNY; , ) is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven Upper divis ...
.
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Year of birth missing
1999 deaths
Writers from Philadelphia
Historians from Pennsylvania
Lehman College faculty
Pace University faculty
Swarthmore College alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
20th-century American historians
20th-century American male writers
American male non-fiction writers
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