Joseph Logsdon
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Joseph Logsdon (March 12, 1938 – June 2, 1999) was an American historian. He was a professor at the University of New Orleans. Logsdon is known for his collaboration with Sue Eakin on a 1968 scholarly edition of Twelve Years a Slave.[1]
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Joseph Logsdon | |
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Born | (1938-03-12)March 12, 1938 |
Died | June 2, 1999(1999-06-02) (aged 61) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Chicago |
Scientific career | |
Fields | History of the Southern United States |
Institutions | University of New Orleans |
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A Chicago native, Logsdon got his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chicago and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1960s.
Logsdon died on June 2, 1999, at Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson, Louisiana.[2]