Thomas goodrich historian biography
Thomas Day Goodrich (–) was an American historian of the Ottoman Empire....
Thomas Day Goodrich
American historian (1927–2015)
Not to be confused with Thomas Goodrich.
Thomas Goodrich | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1927 (1927) New York City |
| Died | November 5, 2015(2015-11-05) (aged 87–88) |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Wright, Sarah Fisher |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Ottoman maps and explorations |
Thomas Day Goodrich (1927–2015) was an American historian of the Ottoman Empire.
Thomas Day Goodrich was an American historian of the Ottoman Empire.
Early life
Tom Goodrich was the son of the prominent historian of China Luther Carrington Goodrich who took him to live in China from the ages of 3 to 5. The family then moved back to the United States, where Goodrich attended school and did his military service.[1]
In 1953, he received his master's degree from Columbia University.
He wanted to teach overseas, so he accepted a position in Turkey at a middle school for boys, where he taught for four years. He then spent an additional year in Turkey teachi