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Philip Richard Gavitt, American history educator, writer. Challenge grantee National Endowment of the Humanities, 1993; University Teachers fellow National Endowment of the Humanities, 1996, Leopold Schepp Foundation fellow Harvard University. 2005-6, Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation grantee;

Background

Gavitt, Philip Richard was born on January 29, 1950 in Wichita, Kansas. Son of Richard Fessler Gavitt and Alison Fraser-Smith.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Rochester, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1988.

Career

Assistant professor University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1989-1992. Founding director Center Medieval and Renaissance Studies St. Louis University, 1992-1998, associate professor, since 1993. Member executive committee, co-secretary Central Rennaissance Conference, 1994-1999.

Visiting professor Harvard University, Florence, Italy, 1996-1997.

Connections

Married Therese Anne Dolan, August 9, 1980. Children: Brendan, Thomas Leo.

Father:
Richard Fessler Gavitt

Mother:
Alison Fraser-Smith

Spouse:
Therese Anne Dolan

child:
Brendan Dolan-Gavitt

child:
Thomas Dolan-Gavitt

child:
Leo Gavitt