Victor Davis Hanson
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| Born | Victor Davis Hanson September 5, 1953 Fowler, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Classicist, military historian, political commentator |
| Education | University of California, Santa Cruz (BA) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Subjects | Military history, ancient warfare, ancient agrarianism, classics, politics |
| Notable awards | National Humanities Medal (2007) |
| Spouse |
Cara Webb
(m. 1977; div. 2005)Jennifer Heyne (m. 2013) |
| Children | 3 |
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Victor Davis Hanson (born September 5, 1953) is an American classicist, military historian, and conservative political commentator. He has been a commentator on modern and ancient warfare and contemporary politics for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the National Review, the Washington Times, and other media outlets.
He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, Fresno, the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in classics and military history at the Hoover Institution, and visiting professor at Hillsdale College. Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush and was a presidential appointee in 2007–2008 on the American Battle Monuments Commission.
- ^ Hanson, Victor Davis (January 25, 2013). Heyne, Jennifer (with Thornton, Bruce S. & Chapman, Honora Howell) (ed.). "Author". vdh Private Papers (VictorHanson.com). Archived from the original (author autobiography) on January 25, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) Note, Hanson married Jennifer Heyne in November 2013. The statement that this is an author autobiography is based on its appearance at victorhanson.com, its having been edited by his spouse, and the identity, often near verbatim, of this autobiography and others associated with Hanson (faculty, author, speaking, etc.).