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Gene Sharp

Gene Sharp was born in North Baltimore, Wood County. He became the best-known scholar of nonviolent struggle, and his writings were used by protest movements around the world.

At a glance

Born
1928-01-21
Died
2018-01-28
Education
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, B.A. 1949; M.A. 1951
University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, D.Phil. 1968
Known as
Scholar, Author, Peace Activist
Organizations
Albert Einstein Institution

Life story

Gene Sharp was born in 1928 in North Baltimore, Ohio, the son of a traveling Protestant minister. He earned a B.A. in 1949 and an M.A. in sociology in 1951 from Ohio State University.

In 1953-54 he spent nine months in prison for refusing the draft during the Korean War. He then worked at Peace News in London, studied in Oslo, and earned a doctorate in political theory at Oxford in 1968.

He wrote The Politics of Nonviolent Action (1973) and From Dictatorship to Democracy (1993), which was translated into more than 31 languages. He taught at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and in 1983 founded the Albert Einstein Institution.

He was honored with the Right Livelihood Award in 2012 and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times. He died in Boston in 2018.

Timeline

  • 1928-01-21: Born (North Baltimore, OH) source
  • 1949: B.A., Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) source
  • 1953: Imprisoned nine months for refusing the draft source
  • 1955: Joins Peace News (London) source
  • 1968: D.Phil., Oxford (Oxford) source
  • 1973: Publishes The Politics of Nonviolent Action source
  • 1983: Founds the Albert Einstein Institution (Boston, MA) source
  • 1993: Publishes From Dictatorship to Democracy source
  • 2012: Right Livelihood Award source
  • 2018-01-28: Dies (Boston, MA) source

What Gene is known for

  • Wrote The Politics of Nonviolent Action (1973) and From Dictatorship to Democracy (1993)
  • Founded the Albert Einstein Institution in 1983
  • Won the Right Livelihood Award in 2012
  • The Politics of Nonviolent Action (1973)
  • From Dictatorship to Democracy (1993)
  • Waging Nonviolent Struggle (2005)

Honors and things named for them

  • Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award (2008)
  • El-Hibri Peace Education Prize (2011)
  • Right Livelihood Award (2012)

Ohio places

Where Gene Sharp was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.

Further reading

Sources

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