Joseph Logsdon | |
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Born |
Chicago, Illinois |
March 12, 1938
Died | June 2, 1999 Jefferson, Louisiana |
(aged 61)
Nationality | American |
Fields | History of the Southern United States |
Institutions | University of New Orleans |
Alma mater |
University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Chicago |
Joseph Logsdon (March 12, 1938 – June 2, 1999) was an American historian. He was a professor at University of New Orleans. Logsdon is known for his collaboration with Sue Eakin on a 1968 scholarly edition of Twelve Years a Slave.
A Chicago native, Logsdon got his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chicago and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1960s.
Logsdon died on June 2, 1999, at Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson, Louisiana.