Harry Elmer Barnes

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Harry Elmer Barnes
Born(1889-06-15)June 15, 1889
Auburn, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 25, 1968(1968-08-25) (aged 79)
Malibu, California, U.S.
OccupationHistorian

Harry Elmer Barnes (June 15, 1889 – August 25, 1968) was an American historian who, in his later years, was known for his historical revisionism and Holocaust denial.

After receiving a PhD at Columbia University in 1918 Barnes became a professor of history at Clark University before moving to Smith College as a professor of historical sociology in 1923. In 1929 he left teaching to work as a journalist, freelance writer and occasional adjunct professor at smaller schools. In 1919–20 and between 1923 and 1937 he lectured regularly at the New School for Social Research.[1] Through his prodigious scholarly output, Barnes was once highly regarded as a historian. By the 1950s, however, he had lost credibility and became a "professional pariah".[2]

Barnes published more than 30 books, 100 essays, and 600 articles and book reviews, many for the Council on Foreign Relations journal Foreign Affairs, where he served as Bibliographical Editor.[3]

  1. ^ Goddard, Arthur (1968). Harry Elmer Barnes, Learned Crusader: The New History in Action. Colorado Springs: R. Myles. p. 16f.
  2. ^ Novick, Peter (1988). That Noble Dream: The 'Objectivity Question' and the American Historical Profession. Cambridge University Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-1107268296.
  3. ^ Doenecke, Justus D. (Summer 1973). "Harry Elmer Barnes". Wisconsin Magazine of History. 56 (4). Wisconsin Historical Society: 311–323. JSTOR 4634822.