Richard G. Hovannisian

Richard G. Hovannisian in 2013

Richard Gable Hovannisian (Armenian: Ռիչարդ Հովհաննիսյան; November 9, 1932 – July 10, 2023) was an American historian. He was born in Tulare, California.

He received his M.A.(1958) degree 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. 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.[1]

Hovannisian died in Los Angeles, California on July 10, 2023 at the age of 90.[2]

Books

  • The Republic of Armenia, Volume 1 (1971) and Volume II (1982), Vols. III & IV (1996) U.C. Press
  • The Armenian Holocaust, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Armenian Heritage Press (1980)
  • The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, 2 vols. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997
  • Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1998
  • Armenian Sebastia/Sivas and Lesser Armenia (Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2004)

References

  1. "Faculty". The Armenian Educational Foundation. UCLA. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  2. Ghazanchyan, Siranush (11 July 2023). "Professor Richard G. Hovannisian dies aged 90". Public Radio of Armenia. Retrieved 2023-07-11.

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