Dr. Peter Charanis Dies at 76; Retired Professor at Rutgers
Dr. Peter Charanis, a scholar of Byzantium and a professor emeritus of history at Rutgers University, died Saturday of a stroke at Middlesex General University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. He was 76 years old and lived in Highland Park, N.J.
Dr. Charanis, who was born in Lemnos, Greece, received his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin.
After postgraduate work at the University of Brussels and the University of Salonika in Greece, he joined the Rutgers faculty in 1938 and became Voorhees Professor of History in 1963.
He served from 1964 to 1966 as chairman of the university’s history department. He retired in 1976.
Surviving are his wife, the former Madeleine Schiltz; a daughter, Alexandra, of Salonika, and a son, Anthony, of Highland Park.
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