Thomas J. Archdeacon (born 5 July 1942) is an American historian. Archdeacon served on the

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from 1964 to 1978, and was on active duty between 1969 and 1972. He graduated from Fordham University in 1964, and pursued graduate study at

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. Archdeacon began teaching at the

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in 1969, prior to joining the

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faculty in 1972. He was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1985.

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