Marshall Hodgson

Marshall GS Hodgson ( * 1922, † June 10, 1968 ) was an American historian and scholar of Islam, who had begun research on the Assassins. His The Venture of Islam is a three -volume work on the history of Islam and its interaction with the neighboring societies. For this work to him posthumously in 1975 of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Prize of Phi Beta Kappa Society was granted. Hodgson taught at the University of Chicago.

Works

• The Order of Assassins: the Struggle of the Early Nizari Ismailis Against the Islamic World. 's- Gravenhage: Mouton, 1955
• The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in World Civilization. Chicago, Illinois, USA University of Chicago Press 1975-1977 The Venture of Islam, Volume 1: The Classical Age of Islam
• The Venture of Islam, Volume 2: The Expansion of Islam in the Middle Periods
• The Venture of Islam, Volume 3: The Gunpower Empires and Modern Times