Robert Sklar
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Robert Anthony Sklar (December 3, 1936 – July 2, 2011) was an American historian and author specializing in the history of cinema.
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Born | Robert Anthony Sklar (1936-12-03)December 3, 1936 |
Died | July 2, 2011(2011-07-02) (aged 74) |
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Relatives | Marty Sklar (brother) |
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Thesis | F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Last Laocoon (1965) |
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Main interests | Film history |
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Sklar began his career as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He received a Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University in 1965. In 1968, he signed the "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.[1]
He was a history professor at the University of Michigan, and in 1977, became a professor of cinema in the Department of Cinema Studies at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[2][3][4]