Roger Ekirch Explained

Roger Ekirch
Birth Date:6 February 1950
Birth Place:Washington, D.C., U.S.
Discipline:Historian
Workplaces:Virginia Tech

Arthur Roger Ekirch (born February 6, 1950) is University Distinguished Professor of history at Virginia Tech in the United States.[1] He was a Guggenheim fellow in 1998.

The son of intellectual historian Arthur A. Ekirch Jr. and Dorothy Gustafson,[2] Roger Ekirch is internationally known for his pioneering research into pre-industrial sleeping patterns that was first published in "Sleep We Have Lost: Pre-Industrial Slumber in the British Isles"[3] and later in his award-winning 2005 book At Day's Close: Night in Times Past.[4] [5] [6] [7]

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  1. Web site: A. Roger Ekirch . Department of History, Virginia Tech . History.vt.edu . 2017-08-08.
  2. Web site: Arthur A. Ekirch Jr. (1915-2000) Perspectives on History AHA . 2022-11-07 . www.historians.org.
  3. Web site: "Sleep We Have Lost" Commentary . Department of History, Virginia Tech . History.vt.edu . 2017-08-08.
  4. Web site: Gideon Lewis-Kraus . 'At Day's Close': The Dark Ages . The New York Times . 2005-07-24 . 2017-08-08.
  5. Web site: Review: At Day's Close by A Roger Ekirch | Books . The Guardian . 2005-07-30 . 2017-08-08.
  6. Web site: Gorvett. Zaria. January 10, 2022. The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps'. BBC Future. https://web.archive.org/web/20220110010605/https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep. January 10, 2022. live.
  7. Web site: Hegarty. Stephanie. February 22, 2012. The myth of the eight-hour sleep. BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315065729/https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783. March 15, 2014. live.