Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr.

American historian

Date of Birth: 27-Feb-1888

Place of Birth: Xenia, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1965

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Arthur Meier Schlesinger Sr.
(; February 27, 1888 – October 30, 1965) was an American historian who taught at Harvard University, pioneering social history and urban history.
He was a Progressive Era intellectual who stressed material causes (such as economic profit and conflict between businessmen and farmers) and downplayed ideology and values as motivations for historical actors.
He was highly influential as a director of PhD dissertations at Harvard for three decades, especially in the fields of social, women's, and immigration history.
His son, Arthur M.
Schlesinger Jr.
(1917–2007), also taught at Harvard and was a noted historian.