History buff who has gained fame for his The Cynical Historian YouTube channel. He has earned more than 34 million total views for his video essays documenting real-life historical events alongside analyses of films in his "Based on a True Story" series.
Before Fame
He earned his BA in history from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 2012. He created his YouTube channel in 2013.
Trivia
He has amassed more than 290,000 total subscribers on YouTube. He worked as a graduate assistant at the University of New Mexico, where he also enrolled as a PhD candidate in history, in 2017.
Family Life
His full birth name is Joseph Hall-Patton.
Associated With
He and Tom Richey are both famous history educators on YouTube.
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