Taddesse Tamrat

Taddesse Tamrat
Born(1935-08-04)4 August 1935
Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Empire
Died23 May 2013(2013-05-23) (aged 77)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma materHaile Selassie I University (BA)
SOAS University of London (MA, PhD)
Occupations
Years active1962–2013
Known forContribution of Ethiopian studies
Notable workChurch and State in Ethiopia 1270–1520 (1972)

Taddesse Tamrat (Amharic: ታደሰ ታምራት; 4 August 1935 – 23 May 2013)[1][2] was an Ethiopian historian and scholar of Ethiopian studies.[3] He is best known as the author of Church and State in Ethiopia 1270–1520 (1972, Oxford University Press ISBN 0198216718), a book which has dominated the field of Ethiopian studies.[4]

  1. ^ "Taddesse Tamrat". Researchgate. 2021-07-23.
  2. ^ Aethiopica 16. Hamburg, Germany: Getatchew Haile. 2013. p. 2.
  3. ^ Shiferaw Bekele. 2014. Taddesse Tamrat (1935-2013) Northeast African Studies 14.1: 145-150.
  4. ^ p. 214. Getachew Haile. 2013. In Memoriam: Taddesse Tamrat. Aethiopica 16: 212-219. Web access