Francis L. Loewenheim (June 27, 1927 – October 17, 1996) was an American historian at

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. He was one of the leading authorities on modern diplomatic history. Born in

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, Germany, Loewenheim came to the United States with his parents in 1934, one year after the Machtergreifung. He grew up in

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, and received bachelor's and master's degrees in history from the

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and his doctorate in 1952 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 ...

. Loewenheim joined Rice University faculty in 1959 after working in the Historical Division of the Department of State in 1958 and 1959. Earlier he taught at

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and elsewhere, and he had a special interest in Germany. He stopped teaching after two heart attacks in 1991, but he kept on doing research and some writing.

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