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christopher browning

christopher robert browning -lrb- born may 22 , 1944 -rrb- is an american historian of the holocaust .
browning received his bachelor 's degree from oberlin college in 1968 and his doctorate from the university of wisconsin -- madison in 1975 .
he taught at pacific lutheran university from 1974 to 1999 , eventually becoming a distinguished professor .
in 1999 , he moved to the university of north carolina at chapel hill to accept an appointment as frank porter graham professor of history .
browning was elected a fellow of the american academy of arts and sciences in 2006 .
browning retired from teaching in spring 2014 .
