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John Womack was born on 14 August, 1937 in Norman, Oklahoma, U.S., is an American economist (born 1937). Discover John Womack's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 14 August 1937
Birthday 14 August
Birthplace Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1937

John Womack Jr. (born August 14, 1937) is an American economist and historian of Mexico, the Mexican Revolution (1910–1921), and Emiliano Zapata.

He is a former professor of Latin American history and economics at Harvard University.

He is the grandfather of the late rapper Lil Peep.

Womack was born in Norman, Oklahoma, on August 14, 1937, to John Womack Sr., also a historian.

1959

He graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 1959 and became a Rhodes Scholar at Merton College, Oxford.

1960

In the 1960s, he returned to Harvard University, where he was awarded a PhD in history.

1969

His doctoral research led to the publication of his most notable book, Zapata and the Mexican Revolution, published in 1969, on the role Emiliano Zapata played in the Mexican Revolution in the early 20th century.

Following publication of his dissertation as a book, Womack was hired as an assistant professor of Latin American history at Harvard University.

1970

In 1970, Zapata and the Mexican Revolution was nominated for a National Book Award, and Harvard named him the Robert Woods Bliss Chair in Latin American History, a position first held by Clarence Haring.

Womack has focused on the modern histories of Cuba, Mexico, and Colombia, and has been a leader in academic research on agrarian, industrial, and labor history in Latin America.

Following publication of his work on Zapata, which inspired many other scholars to pursue projects on grassroots rural history, he shifted his focus to urban working-class history.

1973

Womack befriended filmmaker Terrence Malick, a fellow Oklahoma native, when they were both Rhodes Scholars, and he appeared in a brief role in Malick's 1973 film Badlands.

Womack is also the maternal grandfather of late rapper Lil Peep.

1978

In 1978, he published an article in the journal 'Marxist Perspectives'' on the Mexican economy during the Mexican Revolution.

He authored an article for the Cambridge History of Latin America, which was anthologized in Mexico Since Independence.

1999

In 1999, he published an article on the Moctezuma beer brewery.

His 1999 anthology of documents Rebellion in Chiapas: An Historical Reader places the Chiapas struggle in a historical perspective back to the 16th century.

2005

In 2005, he published a long article assessing the state of labor history for the Journal of the Historical Society.

2009

On November 21, 2009, Womack received the 1808 Medal from the city government of Mexico City, which he in turn awarded to the Mexican Union of Electricians, saying: "My infinite respect for the ability of Mexicans to transform in benefit of the majority their moments of crisis. Such conviction moves me to give honor and deliver this medal to the most important, most courageous organization that took form in this city during the revolutionary wars at the beginning of the last century, the Mexican Union of Electricians".

2013

In 2013, he was interviewed for the movie Viva Zapata "In Mexico, for complicated, still largely unexamined historical reasons, the exploited classes cannot count on politicians or intellectuals for guidance to overthrow the systems of exploitation, centered in New York, proliferated into centers in Mexico, concentrated, of course in Mexico City. Like the people in Morelos, 1900–1911, the exploited have to figure out for themselves, not trusting the politicians they know whatever they howl, whatever they promise."