Faculty and Staff
Allan Charles
Title: | Professor Emeritus Professor of History |
USC Union | |
Email: | acharles@mailbox.sc.edu |
Phone: | 864-424-8035 |
EDUCATION
B.A. in History, Duke University, 1963
M.A. in History, Emory University, 1968
Ph. D. in History, University of South Carolina, 1981
COURSES TAUGHT
HIST 101-102 (Western Civilization)
HIST 111-112 (US history)
HIST 385 (History of Christianity)
HIST 409-410 (SC history)
HIST 451 (History of medicine)
HIST 452 (History of Science and technology)
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
With a background as a cattle farmer, park ranger, naval officer, and radio announcer,
Allan Charles began teaching at USC-Union in 1968 and has continued to do so until
the present. His research interests center on the history of science, medicine, and
technology, especially but not always with a South Carolina focus. He has also published
historical books, pamphlets, and articles dealing with the history of the state and
of Union County in particular. See his bibliography below:
He has done historical study and research at Oxford University, England, and at the
University of Paris, France, and he has pursued his avocation of interest in foreign
languages at universities in Lyon, France; Cantabria, Spain; and Salzburg and Vienna,
Austria.
He has traveled in 50 states and 35 foreign countries and circumnavigated the globe
while in the Navy.
In addition to traveling and study, his hobbies include sailing and hiking.