Peter S. Onuf

Peter S. Onuf
Onuf in 2016
Born1946
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materJohns Hopkins University
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
InstitutionsUniversity of Virginia,
University of Oxford,
Columbia University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Southern Methodist University

Peter S. Onuf (born 1946) is an American historian and professor known for his work on U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and Federalism. In 1989, he was named the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of the University of Virginia, a chair he held until retiring in 2012. The chair's previous occupants included Jefferson biographers Dumas Malone and Merrill D. Peterson; he was succeeded by Alan Taylor.

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