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Ann Pottinger Saab
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Ann Pottinger, later Saab, from a 1962 newspaper
Born
Evelyn Ann Pottinger

December 18, 1934
Cambridge, Massachusetts
DiedJanuary 25, 2019
Greensboro, North Carolina
Occupation(s)Historian, college professor, writer

Evelyn Ann Pottinger Saab (December 18, 1934 – January 25, 2019) was an American historian, professor, and college administrator based in North Carolina. She published three books of nineteenth-century European history and one novel, and was head of two departments at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG).

Early life and education[edit]

Pottinger was from Cambridge, Massachusetts, the daughter of David T. Pottinger and Mildred Clark Pottinger.[1] Her father was assistant director of the Harvard University Press, and editor of college textbooks at D.C. Heath and Company.[2] She graduated from Wellesley College in 1955,[3] and completed doctoral studies at Radcliffe College in 1962.[4] At Radcliffe, she won the Caroline Wilby Prize, for her dissertation, Napoleon III and the German Crisis, 1865-1866.[5] Her dissertation was published by Harvard University Press in 1966.[6]

Career[edit]

Pottinger joined the faculty of Middlebury College in 1962.[7] She taught history and political science at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) beginning in 1965, became a full professor in 1975,[8] and chaired the history department there from 1978[9] to 1984.[4] She was also acting head of the classics department, associate dean of the graduate school,[10] and assistant chancellor of the university.[11] She co-directed the sixth annual Human Development Research Institute at UNCG in 1994.[10]

Publications[edit]

In addition to her first book, based on her dissertation, Saab was the author of The Origins of the Crimean Alliance (University of Virginia Press 1977),[12] and Reluctant Icon: Gladstone, Bulgaria, and the Working Classes, 1856–1878 (Harvard University Press 1991).[13][14] She also translated historical writing. for example The peace of Paris, 1856: Studies in war, diplomacy, and peacemaking (1981) by Winfried Baumgart.[15] Articles by Saab appeared in The Muslim World, The Journal of Modern History,[16] The International History Review,[17][18] and French Historical Studies,[19] including:

  • "The Doctors' Dilemma: Britain and the Cretan Crisis 1866-69" (1977)[16]
  • "English and Irish reactions to the massacres in Lebanon and Syria, 1860" (1984)
  • "A Reassessment of French Foreign Policy during the Crimean War Based on the Papers of Adolphe de Bourqueney" (1986, with John M. Knapp and Françoise de Bourqueney Knapp)[19]
  • "Foreign Affairs and New Tories: Disraeli, The Press, and the Crimean War" (2010)[17]
  • "Disraeli, Judaism, and the Eastern Question" (2010)[18]

In retirement, she wrote a novel, Bathsheba's Book: A Woman's Tale (2014).[20][21]

Personal life[edit]

Pottinger married Elie (Elias) Georges Saab in 1966, in Lebanon.[4] They had two sons, David and Georges. Her husband died in 2004,[22] and she died in 2019, aged 84 years, in Greensboro, North Carolina.[11][23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Obituary for Mildred (Clark) Pottinger". The Boston Globe. 1975-02-11. p. 23. Retrieved 2021-12-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Obituary for David T. Pottinger (Aged 73)". The Boston Globe. 1958-12-03. p. 28. Retrieved 2021-12-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Alumnae Memorials". Wellesley Magazine. Spring 2019. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  4. ^ a b c "Miss. Evelyn Pottinger Married to Elie G. Saab". The New York Times. 1966-08-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Love Life, Radcliffe Seniors Told as 558 Get Diplomas". The Boston Globe. 1962-06-13. p. 18. Retrieved 2021-12-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Pottinger, E. Ann (1966). Napoleon III and the German Crisis, 1865-1866. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-60050-8.
  7. ^ "16 Added to Faculty". Rutland Daily Herald. 1962-09-21. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-12-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Faculty Favored with Promotions". The Carolinian. March 29, 1975. p. 1. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  9. ^ "College Newsmakers". The Charlotte Observer. 1978-08-21. p. 11. Retrieved 2021-12-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ a b "UNCG Hosts Sixth Program for Research". Greensboro News and Record. June 7, 1994. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  11. ^ a b Unrue, Mark Edward (2019-01-29). "In memoriam: Dr. Ann Saab". UNCGNews. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  12. ^ Saab, Ann Pottinger (1977). The origins of the Crimean alliance. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. ISBN 0-8139-0699-7. OCLC 2645271.
  13. ^ Saab, Ann Pottinger (1991). Reluctant icon : Gladstone, Bulgaria, and the working classes, 1856-1878. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-75965-6. OCLC 22911349.
  14. ^ "Dr. Saab's Book Published by Harvard Press". Greensboro News and Record. January 22, 1992. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  15. ^ Baumgart, Winfried (1981). The peace of Paris, 1856 : studies in war, diplomacy, and peacemaking. Translated by Saab, Ann Pottinger. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio. ISBN 0-87436-309-8. OCLC 7179129.
  16. ^ a b Saab, Ann Pottinger (1977-12-01). "The Doctors' Dilemma: Britain and the Cretan Crisis 1866-69". The Journal of Modern History. 49 (S4): D1383–D1407. doi:10.1086/241660. ISSN 0022-2801. S2CID 144457135.
  17. ^ a b Saab, Ann Pottinger (1997-06-01). "Foreign Affairs and New Tories: Disraeli, The Press, and the Crimean War". The International History Review. 19 (2): 286–311. doi:10.1080/07075332.1997.9640785. ISSN 0707-5332.
  18. ^ a b Saab, Ann Pottinger (1988-11-01). "Disraeli, Judaism, and the Eastern Question". The International History Review. 10 (4): 559–578. doi:10.1080/07075332.1988.9640491. ISSN 0707-5332.
  19. ^ a b Saab, Ann P.; Knapp, John M.; Knapp, Françoise de Bourqueney (1986). "A Reassessment of French Foreign Policy during the Crimean War Based on the Papers of Adolphe de Bourqueney". French Historical Studies. 14 (4): 467–496. doi:10.2307/286535. ISSN 0016-1071. JSTOR 286535.
  20. ^ "Grateful Steps Publishes 'Bathsheba's Book'". Asheville Citizen-Times. 2014-08-31. pp. D4. Retrieved 2021-12-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ Miller, Barry (September 28, 2015). "Ann Saab and Lollie White to Engage in Conversation about Their Books on October 29". Friends of the UNCG Libraries. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  22. ^ "Obituaries: Elias G. Saab". Greensboro News and Record. September 28, 2004. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
  23. ^ "Saab, Dr. Ann Pottinger". Greensboro News and Record. January 29, 2019. Retrieved 2021-12-25.
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