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John Petropoulos

1929 – 1999

American historian

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Lived 1929 – 1999 (aged 69). John Petropoulos was an American historian.

John Anthony Petropulos (December 12, 1929 – May 3, 1999) was a Greek American historian of Modern Greek history.

Petropulos was born in 1929 in Lewiston, Maine to Greek immigrants. He received his B.A. from Yale in 1951 and his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1963. He joined the faculty of Amherst College in 1958, where he taught Balkan and Middle Eastern history. He died in his office on May 3, 1999, allegedly while correcting student papers.

His most influential work is Politics and Statecraft in the Kingdom of Greece, 1833–1843, published by Princeton University Press in 1968, a detailed analysis of the political parties of the period. Petropulos argued that the parties influenced state institutions as well as the structure of the state. The Greek translation has been edited by Nikiforos Diamandouros.

Petropulos was president of the Modern Greek Studies Association from 1974 to 1976.

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Yale University, Harvard University, Yale
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Amherst College
Also known as
John A. Petropulos, John Anthony Petropulos

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Frequently asked questions

Who was John Petropoulos?

American historian

When was John Petropoulos born?

John Petropoulos was born on 19 December 1929 in Lewiston.

When did John Petropoulos die?

John Petropoulos died on 3 May 1999 in Amherst.

What was John Petropoulos's occupation?

John Petropoulos was a historian.

What nationality was John Petropoulos?

John Petropoulos was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Petropoulos

· Wikidata: Q12878278

· DBpedia: John A. Petropulos

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