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Dec 16, 1996 · J. H. Hexter, an American historian who conceived an ambitious and continuing project to produce a history of freedom and democracy, died on Dec. 8 at his home in St. Louis. He was 86.
J. H. “Jack” Hexter, emeritus professor of history at Washington University in St. Louis and at Yale University, who launched a major scholarly effort to chronicle the history of modern freedom, died of congestive heart failure at his home in St. Louis on December 8, 1996.
Jack H. Hexter (May 25, 1910 – December 8, 1996) was an American historian, a specialist in Tudor and seventeenth century British history, and well known for his comments on historiography. Hexter was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
Hexter, J. H. (“Jack”)(b. 25 May 1910 in Memphis, Tennessee; d. 8 December 1996 in St. Louis, Missouri), historian and educator who specialized in the Renaissance period, developed historical methodology, and studied the growth of freedom in the West.
Hexter's refutation involves a meticulous reexamination of the statistical evidence on both sides, much of it partial, unreliable, and inconsistent with the thesis.
Sep 10, 1995 · J.H. Hexter’s classic survey of the historical roots of Judaism and Christianity is now available with a new preface and updated bibliography. The book def...
This article examines the contribution of historian J. H. Hexter to debates on the philosophy of History in the 1960s. It argues that Hexter’s analysis of the role of rhetoric in historical narratives remains an instructive account of historical research and writing. A secondary theme is Hexter’s.
