Joseph C. Miller | |
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Born | Joseph Calder Miller April 30, 1939 |
Died | March 12, 2019 | (aged 79)
Nationality | American |
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Education | Wesleyan University (BA) Northwestern University (MBA) University of Wisconsin–Madison (MA, PhD) |
Joseph Calder Miller (April 30, 1939 – March 12, 2019)[1] was an American historian and academic.[2][3] He served at the University of Virginia from 1972 to 2014 as T. Cary Johnson Jr. professor of history, and was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As a historian, Joseph wrote extensively on the early history of Africa, especially Angola,[4] the Atlantic slave trade, women and slavery, child slavery, Atlantic history, and world history.[5][6]