Academia
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Jason Arday1985–2026Jason Arday, a British academic and author who became the youngest Black professor in Cambridge's history, died at 41.
- Elizabeth Smith1935–2026Elizabeth Smith was a founding faculty member of Juilliard Drama and voice coach who trained actors including Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, and Wendell Pierce.
- Thomas S. Hines1936–2026Thomas S. Hines was an American architectural historian and UCLA professor who documented Los Angeles modernist architecture.
- John Louis Esposito1940–2026John Louis Esposito was an American scholar of Islamic studies and professor at Georgetown University who challenged negative views of Muslims.
- Robert Thurman1941–2026Robert Thurman, a leading expert on Tibetan Buddhism and father of Uma Thurman, has died at 84.
- Gordon S. Wood1933–2026Eminent historian of the American Revolution dies at 92
- Hershel Parker1935–2026Hershel Parker was an American literary scholar renowned for his authoritative biography of Herman Melville and his extensive work on Melville's writings.
- Mike Wallace1942–2026American historian who co-authored the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898' and specialized in public history.
- Carlo Ginzburg1939–2026Carlo Ginzburg was an Italian historian renowned for pioneering microhistory, best known for his book The Cheese and the Worms.
- Gregory Williams?–2026Gregory Williams was an American academic renowned for his unconventional scholarship on race and social inequality.
- John Basinger1934–2026John Basinger, an American literary scholar and memory expert, was renowned for memorizing all twelve books of Milton’s “Paradise Lost.”
- Alan Gribben1941–2026Alan Gribben was an American literary scholar known for his controversial expurgated edition of Mark Twain's *Adventures of Huckleberry Finn*.
- Andrew Hacker1929–2026Andrew Hacker (1929–2026) was an American political scientist and public intellectual known for his provocative critiques of higher education and American politics.
