Edgar Tristram Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdgar Tristram Thompson
American historian
Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1900
Place of Birth: Dillon, South Carolina, United States
Date of Death: 22-Apr-1989
Profession: historian
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Edgar Tristram Thompson
- Edgar Tristram Thompson (September 13, 1900 – April 22, 1989) was born in Dillon, South Carolina in 1900.
- He was raised on his father's small plantation right at the border of North and South Carolina.
- He would eventually become an authority on the historical sociology of the plantation and its role in shaping European colonization of the New World.
- He studied sociology at the University of Chicago under Robert Park. His doctoral dissertation, entitled The Plantation, helped to redirect research on the plantation away from climatic and racial theories.Thompson later taught sociology at Duke University in North Carolina from 1937 until 1970.
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