Peter Novick (July 26, 1934, Jersey City – February 17, 2012, Chicago)[1] was an American historian who was Professor of History at the University of Chicago.[1][2][3] He was best known for writing That Noble Dream: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession and The Holocaust in American Life.[1] The latter title has also been published as The Holocaust and Collective Memory, especially for non-US anglophonic markets.