Carroll Quigley
| Carroll Quigley | |
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| Born |
November 9, 1910 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Died | January 3, 1977 (aged 66) Washington, D.C. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | Professor, historian, author |
| Known for | Career at Georgetown University |
| Website | www.carrollquigley.net |
Carroll Quigley (/ˈkwɪɡli/; November 9, 1910 – January 3, 1977) was an American historian and theorist of the evolution of civilizations. He is noted for his teaching work as a professor at Georgetown University, for his academic publications, and for his research on the Round Table movement.
Born in Boston, Quigley attended Harvard University, where he studied history and earned B.A, M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. He taught at Princeton University, and then at Harvard, and then from 1941 to 1976 at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
From 1941 until 1972 he taught a two-semester course at Georgetown on the development of civilizations. According to his obituary in The Washington Star, many alumni of Georgetown's School of Foreign Service asserted that this was "the most influential course in their undergraduate careers".
In addition to his academic work, Quigley served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Defense, the United States Navy, the Smithsonian Institution, and the House Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration in the 1950s. He was also a book reviewer for The Washington Star, and a contributor and editorial board member of Current History. Quigley characterized himself as a conservative defending the liberal tradition of the West. He became an early and fierce critic of the Vietnam War, and opposed the activities of the military-industrial complex.
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