Thomas Haskell (historian)

{{Short description|American historian (1939–2017)}}

Thomas L. Haskell (1939 – July 12, 2017) was an American historian. He joined the faculty of Rice University in 1970, and was the Samuel G. McCann Professor of History.

Born in 1939, Haskell earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1961. He began teaching at Rice University in 1970 and obtained his doctorate from Stanford University in 1973. Haskell received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1986. He was named professor emeritus in 2009 and died at the age of 78 in 2017, due to complications of Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news|first1=B.J.|last1=Almond|title=Former History Department Chair Thomas Haskell dies at age 78|url=http://news.rice.edu/2017/07/21/former-history-department-chair-thomas-haskell-dies-at-age-78/|accessdate=22 July 2017|agency=Rice University|date=21 July 2017}}