Richard G. Hovannisian (Armenian: Ռիչըրտ Գասպարի Յովհաննիսեան, born November 9, 1932) is an American historian and scholar specializing in Armenian and Near Eastern history.
He was born and raised in Tulare, California. He received his B.A.(1954) and M.A.(1958) degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D.(1966) from University of California, Los Angeles. He was also Associate Professor of History at Mount St. Mary's College,...
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Richard G. Hovannisian (Armenian: Ռիչըրտ Գասպարի Յովհաննիսեան, born November 9, 1932) is an American historian and scholar specializing in Armenian and Near Eastern history.
He was born and raised in Tulare, California. He received his B.A.(1954) and M.A.(1958) degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D.(1966) from University of California, Los Angeles. He was also Associate Professor of History at Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, from 1966 to 1969. In 1987, Professor Hovannisian was appointed as the first holder of the Armenian Educational Foundation Endowed Chair in Modern Armenian History at the UCLA. Hovanissian is a Guggenheim Fellow who has received numerous honors for his scholarship, civic activities, and advancement of Armenian Studies. His biographical entries are included in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World among other scholarly and literary reference works.
The Director of the Armenian Research Center in University of Michigan...
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