David Freeman Hawke

David Freeman Hawke (died 1999 at age 75) was an American historian. His book Benjamin Rush: Revolutionary Gadfly became a National Book Award nominee in 1972. Hawke was born in Philadelphia and held degrees from Swarthmore College, the University of Wisconsin and the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at Pace College for 14 years before joining Lehman College in 1972. He retired in 1986.

Life

Hawke was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

He died in 1999 in Madison, Connecticut, United States.

Career

He was professor emeritus of American history at Lehman College of the City University of New York.

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Year of birth missing

1999 deaths

Writers from Philadelphia

Historians from Pennsylvania

Lehman College faculty

Pace University faculty

Swarthmore College alumni

University of Pennsylvania alumni

University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni

20th-century American historians

20th-century American male writers

American male non-fiction writers