Frederick C. Luebke

Frederick Carl Luebke (born January 26, 1927) is an American historian who served as Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. He joined the faculty of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1968, was promoted to full professor there in 1972, and was named the Charles J. Mach Distinguished Professor of History there in 1987. He retired in 1994. As a professor, his scholarship was in the field of American history, with a particular focus on the history of the Great Plains and Nebraska, among other topics.[1]

Frederick Carl Luebke
Born (1927-01-26) January 26, 1927
Reedsburg, Wisconsin
NationalityAmerican
Education
Known forAmerican history
Spouse(s)
Norma Wukasch
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(m. 1950)​
Children4
Scientific career
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
ThesisThe political behavior of an immigrant group, the Germans of Nebraska, 1880–1900 (1966)
Academic advisorsJames C. Olson

Luebke was born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, and received his B.S. from Concordia Teachers College in 1950. He earned an M.A. from the Clarement Graduate School in 1958, and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska in 1966. He was also a William Robertson Coe fellow at Stanford University in 1961.[2]

He is the editor of the book Ethnic Voters and the Election of Lincoln, published in 1971 through the University of Nebraska Press.[3]

References
  1. "Frederick C. Luebke, Papers". University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  2. Directory of American Scholars, 6th ed. (Bowker, 1974), Vol. I, p. 389.
  3. Luebke, Frederick C. (1971). Ethnic Voters and the Election of Lincoln. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-0796-4.


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