Richard G. Hovannisian
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About
Middle Eastern historian who payed special attention to the First Republic of Armenia and the Armenian Genocide. In 1998, he edited Remembrance and Denial: The Case of the Armenian Genocide.
Before Fame
He attended UC Berkeley and earned his Ph.D from UCLA in 1966.
Trivia
In 1980, he wrote The Armenian Holocaust and in 1997, he wrote The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times.
Family Life
His father, Gaspar Gavorian, and his mother were Armenian Genocide survivors. He married Vartiter Hovannisian in 1957. They had one child together.
Associated With
His middle name, Gable, came from actor Clark Gable.
