Joseph Logsdon

Joseph Logsdon (March 12, 1938 – June 2, 1999) was an American historian. He was a professor at the University of New Orleans. Logsdon is known for his collaboration with Sue Eakin on a 1968 scholarly edition of Twelve Years a Slave.^[1]

Joseph Logsdon
Born	(1938-03-12)March 12, 1938 Chicago, Illinois
Died	June 2, 1999(1999-06-02) (aged 61) Jefferson, Louisiana
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Chicago
Scientific career
Fields	History of the Southern United States
Institutions	University of New Orleans

A Chicago native, Logsdon got his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Chicago and a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 1960s.

Logsdon died on June 2, 1999, at Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson, Louisiana.^[2]