James T. Patterson (historian)

James T. Patterson Ph.D.
Patterson at the Miller Center of Public Affairs in 2013
Born	(1935-02-12) February 12, 1935 (age 89) Old Lyme, Connecticut
Occupation(s)	Professor, historian
Parent	J. Tyler Patterson (father)
Awards	Frederick Jackson Turner Award Guggenheim Fellow Bancroft Prize
Academic background
Alma mater	Harvard University
Academic work
Discipline	History
Sub-discipline	Political, social, medical, educational, and legal history, as well as race relations
Institutions	Ford Foundation Professor of History at Brown University Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University
Notable works	See Works

James T. Patterson (born February 12, 1935, in Old Lyme, Connecticut) is an American historian,^[1] who was the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Brown University for 30 years.^[2][3] He was educated at Harvard University. His research interests include political history, legal history, and social history, as well as the history of medicine, race relations, and education.^[4] In 1981–1982, he was the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University.^[5]