Harry Elmer Barnes
American historian and Holocaust denier (1889–1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Harry Elmer Barnes (June 15, 1889 – August 25, 1968) was an American historian who, in his later years, was known for his historical revisionism and Holocaust denial.
Harry Elmer Barnes | |
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Born | (1889-06-15)June 15, 1889 Auburn, New York, U.S. |
Died | August 25, 1968(1968-08-25) (aged 79) Malibu, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Historian |
After receiving a PhD at Columbia University in 1918 Barnes became a professor of history at Clark University before moving to Smith College as a professor of historical sociology in 1923. In 1929 he left teaching to work as a journalist, freelance writer and occasional adjunct professor at smaller schools. In 1919–20 and between 1923 and 1937 he lectured regularly at the New School for Social Research.[1] Through his prodigious scholarly output, Barnes was once highly regarded as a historian. By the 1950s, however, he had lost credibility and became a "professional pariah".[2]
Barnes published more than 30 books, 100 essays, and 600 articles and book reviews, many for the Council on Foreign Relations journal Foreign Affairs, where he served as Bibliographical Editor.[3]