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David Lowenthal was born on 26 April, 1923 in New York City, New York, US, is an American historian and geographer (1923–2018). Discover David Lowenthal'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 95 years old?

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Age 95 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 26 April, 1923
Birthday 26 April
Birthplace New York City, New York, US
Date of death 15 September, 2018
Died Place London, England
Nationality United States

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1923

David Lowenthal (26 April 1923 – 15 September 2018) was an American historian and geographer, renowned for his work on heritage.

He is credited with having made heritage studies a discipline in its own right.

David Lowenthal was born on 26 April 1923 in New York City to Max Lowenthal and Eleanor Mack (daughter of Julian Mack), and was also the brother of John Lowenthal and Betty Levin.

Lowenthal graduated from the Lincoln School in New York, which encouraged interdisciplinary investigation.

1943

Lowenthal was inducted into the US Army infantry in May 1943 and deployed in September 1944, three months after D-Day.

He left active service with trench foot, and it was while recuperating in Somerset that his long association with England, later to become his adopted country, began.

1944

He went to Harvard University during the Second World War, studying across several disciplines but graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in history in 1944.

In December 1944, he was reassigned to Army Intelligence and embarked on a mission to count toilets in German castles to ascertain how well each might support the occupation forces.

1945

While taking part in the Intelligence Photographic Documentation Project – a never-completed mission to survey and catalogue the whole of western Europe's terrain and built environment – Lowenthal fell from his truck and fractured his wrist, which resulted in his being recalled to Washington in September 1945.

Lowenthal served as a research analyst for the US Department of State from 1945 to 1946.

1950

He returned to study for a Master of Arts degree in geography at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1950.

At Berkeley his research was on the Guianas, working with Carl Sauer.

He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, for a study of the life of George Perkins Marsh, an early geographer and conservationist.

1952

From 1952 to 1956, he was an assistant professor of history at Vassar College.

He then undertook several postings, between the US, Caribbean, and the UK.

1956

From 1956 to 1970 at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica, he was a history lecturer, research associate, and a consultant to the Vice Chancellor.

1958

From 1958 to 1972, he was also a research associate at the American Geographical Society.

Lowenthal's doctoral work was on the 19th-century North American philologist, geographer, and environmentalist George Perkins Marsh, whose work laid the foundations of the environmental conservation movement in the United States, and led to his book George Perkins Marsh: Versatile Vermonter (1958, revised 2003).

1961

Between 1961 and 1972 he worked at the Institute of Race Relations in London.

1972

He was a professor of geography at University College London (UCL) 1972 to 1985 and remained an emeritus professor there until his death.

1985

His historical analysis of the ever-changing role of the past in shaping human lives, The Past Is a Foreign Country (1985), is his best-known work, widely considered to be a classic text.

1990

Lowenthal was also active in the Sark community, first visiting the island in the 1990s.

1996

Other key texts of his in the field of historical geography include The Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History (1996), and Passage du Temps sur le Paysage (2008).

2010

He returned several times since 2010 while becoming involved in the Sark community's battle against constitutional reform preferential to the Barclay twins.

Lowenthal was awarded several medals by institutions around the world.

These included:

2015

A new book, The Past Is a Foreign Country – Revisited, came out in 2015, for which he was honoured with a British Academy Medal in the same year.

2017

In October 2017 he gave the inaugural lecture in an annual series for UCL's new Centre for Critical Heritage Studies.

Landscape photographs taken by Lowenthal in the 1950s were included in a French exhibition at Le Pavillon Populaire in Montpellier, France, from 8 February to 16 April 2017 and accompanying book Notes sur l'asphalte, une Amérique mobile et précaire, 1950-1990.

2018

Lowenthal died in London on 15 September 2018, having celebrated his 95th birthday with friends earlier in the year, in both London and San Francisco.

He and his family lived in Harrow on the Hill in north-west London for many years, and after retirement, in California.

His last book, Quest for the Unity of Knowledge, was published posthumously in November 2018.

He was well known for his work on landscapes, and advised international heritage agencies and institutions, including UNESCO, the International Council on Monuments and Sites, the International Council of Museums, ICCROM, the Getty Conservation Institute, the World Monuments Fund, the Council of Europe, Europa Nostra, English Heritage, the US National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Trust of Australia, and the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.