Howard Spodek (November 4, 1941 – August 20, 2023) was an Americanworld historian, a professor of history and geography and urban studies atTemple University.[1][2] He received a B.A. fromColumbia University in 1963 and a Ph.D. from theUniversity of Chicago in 1972; while a graduate student, he visited India as aFulbright Fellow.[1][3] He joined the Temple faculty in 1972.[3] As well as his faculty position at Temple, Spodek was the treasurer of the World History Association[4] and a member of the editorial board ofHistory Compass.[5]
Spodek specialized in Indian history, and in particular on the city ofAhmedabad.[6] He was the author ofThe World's History, a college textbook that is sometimes also used for high schoolAdvanced Placement history courses and that has gone through four editions.[7] He won Temple's Great Teacher Award in 1993.[3][8]
Howard Spodek was born on November 4, 1941.[9]
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