Orlando Patterson

Orlando Patterson
Born
Horace Orlando Patterson

(1940-06-05) 5 June 1940 (age 84)
TitleJohn Cowles Chair in Sociology at Harvard University
Awards
Academic background
Education
Doctoral advisorDavid Glass
Academic work
DisciplineSociologist
InstitutionsHarvard University
Doctoral studentsMabel Berezin, Marion Fourcade
Main interests
Notable works"The Sociology of Slavery" (1967); "Slavery and Social Death" (1982); Freedom in the Making of Western Culture (1991)

Horace Orlando Patterson OM (born 5 June 1940) is a Jamaican-American historian and sociologist known for his work on the history of race and slavery in the United States and Jamaica, as well as the sociology of development. He is currently the John Cowles Professor of Sociology at Harvard University.[1] Patterson's 1991 book Freedom in the Making of Western Culture won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.[2]

  1. ^ "Orlando Patterson".
  2. ^ "National Book Awards – 1991". National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 24, 2012.