Francis E. Peters (1927-2020), scholar

Francis E. Peters (1927-2020) is an American scholar. Born June 23, 1927 in New York, NY. He studied at St. Louis University (BA 1950, MA Latin & Greek 1952), and Fordham University (Russian language, 1956), earning his PhD from Princeton University (Islamic Studies 1961). Now emeritus, he was a professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and History at New York University from 1961.