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Waldo Martin

American historian (born 1951)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 31, 2026
Entity authorityQ28457064 ↗
Source-derived summary

Waldo E. Martin (born April 19, 1951) is an American historian.

Education

He received his BA degree from Duke University and his PhD from University of California, Berkeley.

Career

He is the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of American History and Citizenship at the University of California, Berkeley.

He is a member of the Organization of American Historians.

Works

The Mind of Frederick Douglass (1984)

Brown v.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Waldo Martin” as american historian (born 1951). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1951, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1951-04-19. The account is most persuasive where Waldo, Martin and American can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american historian (born 1951). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 31, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28457064. VIAF identifies the subject as 112924858. The Library of Congress control number is n82277493. 1 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1951 and 1984.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Waldo Martin” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.