Bradford Perkins (March 6, 1925 – June 29, 2008) was an American historian who spent the bulk of his career at the University of Michigan.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European theater.
in 1947 from Harvard University, and completed his doctoral work there in 1952 under the direction of Frederick Merk.
Perkins taught at the University of California, Los Angeles.
He joined the University of Michigan history department in 1962 and retired in 1997.