Hanna, Paul Lamont, 1913-1995

Paul L. Hanna was born in Paisley, Ontario, Canada, on May 9, 1913. He was educated in Toronto and St. Petersburg, Florida, and attended the St. Petersburg Junior College from 1931 to 1934. He earned a B.A. in history from George Washington University in 1935, and he earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Stanford University in 1936 and 1939. He specialized in the 20th century British Empire in the Middle East.

He worked as a professor of social sciences and history at the University of Florida for several decades, beginning in 1939. In 1946, he took a leave of absence from UF to serve with the U.S. State Department as a Research Analyst for the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, an effort by the U.S. and Britain to resolve the conflict in Palestine. He worked for the Committee between February and May, and then went on to serve as a Special Consultant for President Truman's Cabinet Committee on Palestine in June and July.

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