Tulio Halperin Donghi (October 27, 1926 – November 14, 2014) was an Argentine historian. After earning a Ph.D in history and a law degree at the University of Buenos Aires, he taught at the institution's Faculty of Arts from 1955 to 1966. Halperin Donghi then moved to the National University of the Litoral, where he was named dean. He later taught at Oxford University, and became a faculty member of the University of California, Berkeley in 1972.

Biography

Halperin Donghi was born in Buenos Aires in 1926. He received both a juris doctor and a Doctorate in History from the University of Buenos Aires in 1955. Halperín became a renowned Latin American historian. Exiled in 1966, following the Noche de los Bastones Largos [Night of the Long Batons], he divided his time between the University of California and the University of Buenos Aires. Halperin was given an award for Scholarly Distinction from the American Historical Association in 1998, and authored numerous books.

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