| Dr. Thomas Spira |
Born December 28, 1923, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, Thomas Spira arrived in the United States just
before the outbreak of World War Two. He received his BA from the City College of New York and went
on to obtain his M.A. and Ph.D. at McGill University in Montreal.
Thomas Spira began teaching at the University of Prince Edward Island in 1980. He was a passionate,
respected and dedicated professor, and a world-renowned scholar of nationalism. He was the founder and
editor of the academic journal, The Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism.
He was also the author and editor of many scholarly articles, books, and encyclopedias, including:
Gaslights, Epidemics and Vagabond Cows: Charlottetown in the Victorian Era (1988), The Rise of the
Global Village (1988),The German-Hungarian-Swabian Triangle 1936-1939: The Road to Discord
(1990), and Nationalism and Ethnicity Terminologies: An Encyclopedic Dictionary and Research Guide
(1999).
In 1998, the Board of Governors of the University of Prince Edward Island conferred upon Dr. Spira the
title of Professor Emeritus. He remained intellectually active as a professor emeritus and was in the
process of completing the Political Science Handbook of Terminologies: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
and Research Guide at the time of his death. This monumental work will be published by Academic
International Press.
He died on September 26, 2005 leaving his wife Marita and daughter Klara (Duane).
before the outbreak of World War Two. He received his BA from the City College of New York and went
on to obtain his M.A. and Ph.D. at McGill University in Montreal.
Thomas Spira began teaching at the University of Prince Edward Island in 1980. He was a passionate,
respected and dedicated professor, and a world-renowned scholar of nationalism. He was the founder and
editor of the academic journal, The Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism.
He was also the author and editor of many scholarly articles, books, and encyclopedias, including:
Gaslights, Epidemics and Vagabond Cows: Charlottetown in the Victorian Era (1988), The Rise of the
Global Village (1988),The German-Hungarian-Swabian Triangle 1936-1939: The Road to Discord
(1990), and Nationalism and Ethnicity Terminologies: An Encyclopedic Dictionary and Research Guide
(1999).
In 1998, the Board of Governors of the University of Prince Edward Island conferred upon Dr. Spira the
title of Professor Emeritus. He remained intellectually active as a professor emeritus and was in the
process of completing the Political Science Handbook of Terminologies: An Encyclopedic Dictionary
and Research Guide at the time of his death. This monumental work will be published by Academic
International Press.
He died on September 26, 2005 leaving his wife Marita and daughter Klara (Duane).
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