John Boswell

John Boswell
Born	John Eastburn Boswell (1947-03-20)March 20, 1947 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	December 24, 1994(1994-12-24) (aged 47) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Other names	Jeb Boswell
Partner	Jerone Hart (1970–1994)
Academic background
Education	College of William & Mary (BA) Harvard University (PhD)
Thesis	Muslim Communities Under the Crown of Aragon in the Fourteenth Century (1975)
Academic advisors	Giles Constable Jocelyn Hillgarth [ca]
Academic work
Discipline	History philology
Institutions	Yale University
Doctoral students	Robin Stacey
Main interests	Christianity and homosexuality
Notable works	Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality (1980) Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe (1994)
Influenced	Ralph Hexter

John Eastburn Boswell (March 20, 1947 – December 24, 1994) was an American historian and a full professor at Yale University. Many of Boswell's studies focused on the issue of religion and homosexuality, specifically Christianity and homosexuality. Much of his work addressed the history of marginalized groups, particularly in the context of religion and sexuality.

His first book, The Royal Treasure: Muslim Communities Under the Crown of Aragon in the Fourteenth Century, appeared in 1977. In 1994, Boswell's fourth book, Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe, was published. He died that same year from AIDS-related complications.