Ernst Ekman (1926 - 13 October 1981) was a specialist in Scandinavian history at the University of California Riverside. Born in Chicago of Swedish descent, Ekman was multi-lingual, a meticulous historian, and an advocate of the benefits of a broad education in the history of Western Civilisation.

Early life and education

Ernst Ekman was born in Chicago in 1926 of Swedish descent. He was schooled in Glendale, California, after which he attended Jonathan Edwards College[1] at Yale University from where he received his A.B. in 1948.[2] He studied at Gotesborgs Hogskola in Sweden before joining the University of Minnesota from where he was awarded the degree of M.A. in Scandinavian Area Studies. He subsequently received his Ph.D. in History from UCLA in 1954.[1]

He married Iris with whom he had two sons, Anders and Jonathan.[1]

Career

Ekman was a specialist in Scandinavian history at the University of California Riverside. His main period of interest was from the Reformation to the Thirty Years' War[1] and he was a regular contributor to The Journal of Modern History and the yearbooks of the American Swedish Historical Museum in the 1960s.

He was an advocate of the benefits of a broad education in the history of Western Civilisation, which he taught at Riverside,[1] and a meticulous historian much interested in sources and historiography, contributing an article on "The Teaching of Scandinavian History in the United States" to Scandinavian Studies in 1965 in which he surveyed scholars, institutions,[3] and the availability of sources on Scandinavia in the United States and noted that some important publications were only available at the Library of Congress or the New York Public Library.[4] He was a regular reviewer in scholarly journals and contributed to The Encyclopedia Americana on Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.[5]

Death

Ekman died suddenly on 13 October 1981.[1]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ernst Ekman, History: Riverside. calisphere. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  2. ↑ University of California Register, 1951-1952 with Announcements for 1952-1953. Vol. II. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1952. p. 80.
  3. ↑ "Historians of Scandinavia in the English-Speaking World Since 1945", H. A. Barton, Scandinavian Studies, Vol. 40, No. 4 (Nov. 1968), pp. 273-293.
  4. ↑ "Major Scandinavian Collections in the U.S.", Foreign Acquisitions Newsletter, No. 41 (Spring 1975), p. 17.
  5. ↑ Encyclopedia Americana, 1977, Vol. 13, p. 628.
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