David Lowenthal was an American historian and geographer, renowned for his work on heritage.
15 Facts About David Lowenthal
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David Lowenthal is credited with having made heritage studies a discipline in its own right.
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David Lowenthal was born on 26 April 1923 in New York City to Max Lowenthal and Eleanor Mack, and was the brother of John Lowenthal and Betty Levin.
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David Lowenthal went to Harvard University during the Second World War, studying across several disciplines but graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in history in 1944.
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David Lowenthal returned to study for a Master of Arts degree in geography at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1950.
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David Lowenthal was inducted into the US Army infantry in May 1943 and deployed in September 1944, three months after D-Day.
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David Lowenthal left active service with trench foot, and it was while recuperating in Somerset that his long association with England, later to become his adopted country, began.
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David Lowenthal served as a research analyst for the US Department of State from 1945 to 1946.
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David Lowenthal then undertook several postings, between the US, Caribbean, and the UK.
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David Lowenthal was a professor of geography at University College London 1972 to 1985 and remained an emeritus professor there until his death.
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David Lowenthal died in London on 15 September 2018, having celebrated his 95th birthday with friends earlier in the year, in both London and San Francisco.
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David Lowenthal's historical analysis of the ever-changing role of the past in shaping human lives, The Past Is a Foreign Country, is his best-known work, widely considered to be a classic text.
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David Lowenthal was active in the Sark community, first visiting the island in the 1990s.
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David Lowenthal returned several times since 2010 while becoming involved in the Sark community's battle against constitutional reform preferential to the Barclay twins.
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David Lowenthal was awarded several medals by institutions around the world.