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Date of Birth
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04-May-1922
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Place of Birth
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St. Augustine
(St. Johns County, Florida, United States of America, 32084)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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John A. Armstrong Jr., John Armstrong
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John Alexander Armstrong Jr. was Professor Emeritus of Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Born in St. Augustine, Florida on 4 May 1922, he entered the University of Chicago at the age of 20 where he received both degrees of Banchelar and Master. The date of his graduation was actually delayed by his enlistment in U.S. Army in Belgium during WWII from 1944 to 1945, while such experience appears to have certain impacts upon the direction of his academic research in nationalism of Europe afterwards.
He entered Columbia University for further study in 1950 and received Ph.D three years later.
His earlier works focus on nationalism and ideologies in Europe, especially Ukraine and Russia during the 1950s and 1960s. The most influential work of his is the path-breaking Nations before Nationalism which firstly systematically expressed the longue durée of ethnic identity and has inspired theorists of ethnosymbolism including Anthony D. Smith.
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