Background
Alexander, Thomas Benjamin was born on July 23, 1918 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Benjamin and Mary Christine (Sanders) Alexander.
Alexander, Thomas Benjamin was born on July 23, 1918 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Thomas Benjamin and Mary Christine (Sanders) Alexander.
Bachelor, Vanderbilt University, 1939. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University, 1947.
From assistant professor to associate professor of history, Clemson U., South Carolina., 1946-1949; professor, chairman division social science, Georgia Southern U., Statesboro, 1949-1957; from associate professor to professor of history, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1957-1969; professor of history, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1969-1988; Middlebush professor of history, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1979-1982; professor emeritus, U. Missouri, Columbia, since 1988; Sesquicentennial professor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1990.
Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Association of University Professors, Southern History Association (president 1980), American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Social Science History Association (president 1986), South Carolina. History Association (president 1958).
Married Elise Hadley Pritchett, June 16, 1941. Children: Wynne Hadley Alexander Guy, Elaine Elliston Alexander Gates, Carol Pope Alexander Gajek.