Peter S. Onuf

Peter S. Onuf (born 1946) is an American historian and professor known for his work on U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and Federalism.In 1989, he was named the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of the University of Virginia, a chair he held until retiring in 2012.[1] The chair's previous occupants included Jefferson biographers Dumas Malone and Merrill D. Peterson; he was succeeded by Alan Taylor.[2] A native New Englander, Onuf graduated from Johns Hopkins University, where he worked with eminent early American historian Jack P. Greene.In 2008, he held the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History chair at the University of Oxford.
Alma materJohns Hopkins UniversityUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of OxfordColumbia UniversityWorcester Polytechnic InstituteSouthern Methodist UniversityU.S. PresidentThomas JeffersonFederalismDumas MaloneMerrill D. PetersonAlan TaylorJack P. GreeneHarold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American HistoryWayback MachineC-SPAN