Donald Kagan

Donald Kagan
Born(1932-05-01)May 1, 1932
DiedAugust 6, 2021(2021-08-06) (aged 89)
Spouse
Myrna Dabrusky
(m. 1954; died 2017)
Children
AwardsNational Humanities Medal (2002)
Academic background
EducationBrooklyn College (BA)
Brown University (MA)
Ohio State University (PhD)
ThesisPolitics and policy in Corinth (1958)
Doctoral advisorWilliam F. McDonald
Academic work
DisciplineClassics
InstitutionsCornell University
Yale University
Main interestsPeloponnesian War
Signature

Donald Kagan (/ˈkɡən/; May 1, 1932 – August 6, 2021) was a Lithuanian-born American historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece. He formerly taught in the Department of History at Cornell University. Kagan was considered among the foremost American scholars of Greek history and is notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War.