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Department Laments Loss of Professor Hugh Ragsdale

The Department of History laments the loss of Professor Hugh Ragsdale, who passed away on November 7 at the age of 82. Professor Ragsdale was born in 1938 in North Carolina, received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1964, and taught at The University of Alabama from 1964 to 1996. A specialist in Russian history, Professor Ragsdale was the author or editor of seven books, including Paul I, A Reassessment of His Life and Reign (1979), The Russian […]

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