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词条 Jack August
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  1. Early life

  2. Education

  3. Career

  4. Selected publications

  5. References

  6. External Links

Jack L. August (January 7, 1954 – January 20, 2017) was Arizona's state historian.[1] He was considered to be an expert on the politics of water.[2]

Early life

August grew up in Lutherville, Maryland, the eldest of five children. As a boy was friends with the film director John Waters, with whom he attended a private elementary school.[2]

Education

August attended Yale University, on a full scholarship as a swimmer, from which he received his bachelor's degree in history. He later received a master's degree from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D from the University of New Mexico.[1][2]

Career

August was named historian and director of Institutional Advancement at the Arizona Capitol Museum in early 2016.[1]

Selected publications

  • Desert Bloom or Desert Doom?: Carl Hayden and the Origins of the Central Arizona Project, 1922-1964. Prescott, Arizona: Sharlot Hall Museum, 1996. {{OCLC|49756478}}
  • Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics in the American Southwest. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1999. {{OCLC|38747393}}
  • Dividing Western Waters: Mark Wilmer and Arizona V. California. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2007. {{ISBN|9780875653549}} {{OCLC|77830462}}
  • Snell and Wilmer: An Institutional Biography of the New West. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2013. {{ISBN|9780875655659}} {{OCLC|840927783}}
  • The Norton Trilogy. Fort Worth, TX: TCU Press, 2013. {{ISBN|9780875655475}} {{OCLC|811778739}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2017/01/20/arizona-historian-jack-august-dies/96860250/|title=Arizona historian Jack August dies|publisher=}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/augusts-light-arizona-historian-jack-august-dies-but-his-passion-for-history-and-his-fellow-man-shines-on-9016233 |title=August's Light: Arizona Historian Jack August Dies, but His Passion for History and His Fellow Man Shines On |last=Lemons |first=Stephen |publisher=Phoenix New Times |date=January 25, 2017 |website=Phoenix New Times |access-date=July 24, 2017 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125140608/http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/augusts-light-arizona-historian-jack-august-dies-but-his-passion-for-history-and-his-fellow-man-shines-on-9016233 |archivedate=January 25, 2017 |df= }}

External Links

  • {{cite web|title=Jack August|url=https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=au%3A%22Jack+August%22|publisher=JSTOR}}
  • {{worldcat id|lccn-n87132688}}
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9 : 1954 births|2017 deaths|Historians of Arizona|Historians of the American West|Public historians|Yale University alumni|University of Arizona alumni|University of New Mexico alumni|American historians

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