Hanke, Lewis

Dates:

Active 1936

Active 1945

Biographical notes:

Lewis Ulysses Hanke was born Jan. 2, 1905 in Oregon City, OR; BS, 1924, MA, 1925, Northwestern Univ.; Ph. D Harvard Univ., 1936; instructor in history, Univ. of Hawaii, 1926-27; adjunct prof. of history, Univ. of Beirut, 1927-30; instructor in history, Harvard Univ., 1934-39; director, Library of Congress, 1939-51; prof. of Latin American history, 1951-61, and director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, 1951-58, Univ. of Texas; prof., Columbia Univ., 1961-67; prof., UC Irvine, 1967-69; Univ. of Massachusetts Helen Haring Professor of Latin American History, 1969-75, and professor emeritus in 1975; wrote many books on Latin American history, including The Spanish struggle for justice in the conquest of America (1949), Bartolomé de las Casas : an interpretation of his life and writings (1951), and The imperial city of Potosí : an unwritten chapter in the history of Spanish America (1956).

From the description of Papers, 1936-1945. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39001036

Biography

Lewis Ulysses Hanke was born January 2, 1905 in Oregon City, Oregon; BS, 1924, MA, 1925, Northwestern University; Ph.D Harvard University, 1936; instructor in history, University of Hawaii, 1926-27; adjunct professor of history, University of Beirut, 1927-30; instructor in history, Harvard University, 1934-39; director, Library of Congress, 1939-51; professor of Latin American history, 1951-61, and director of the Institute of Latin American Studies, 1951-58, University of Texas; professor, Columbia University, 1961-67; professor, UC Irvine, 1967-69; University of Massachusetts Helen Haring Professor of Latin American History, 1969-75, and professor emeritus in 1975; wrote many books on Latin American history, including The Spanish struggle for justice in the conquest of America (1949), Bartolomé de las Casas: an interpretation of his life and writings (1951), and The imperial city of Potosí: an unwritten chapter in the history of Spanish America (1956).

Expanded Biographical Note

Professor Lewis Hanke (b. Oregon City, Oregon, 1905) was the Clarence and Helen Haring Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He also served as Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas (1951-1958), and was a Professor of American History there (1951-1961), Professor of History at Columbia (1961-1967), and at the University of California Irvine (1967-1969). In 1965, he was made an honorary citizen of Potosí, and is the author of various works on Latin American history.

From the guide to the Lewis Hanke Papers, 1936-1945, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)