Edmund S. Morgan (1916–2013)
Author of American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia
About the Author
Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Edmund Morgan spent most of his youth in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was educated at the Belmont Hill School, Harvard, and the London School of Economics. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1942 and three years later began his teaching career at the University show more of Chicago.From there he moved first to Brown University and then to Yale, where he became Sterling Professor in 1965 and emeritus in 1986. Morgan's historical writings greatly enhance our understanding of such complex aspects of the American experience as Puritanism, the Revolution, and the relationship between slavery and racism. At the same time, they captivate readers in the classroom and beyond. His work is a felicitous blend of rigorous scholarship, imaginative analysis, and graceful presentation. Although sometimes characterized as the quintessential Whig historian, in reality Morgan transcends simplistic categorization and has done more, perhaps, than any other historian to open new and creative paths of inquiry into the meaning of the early American experience. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Edmund S. Morgan
Associated Works
Propyläen-Weltgeschichte - Band 7: Von der Reformation zur Revolution (1961) — Contributor — 25 copies
The American Family in Social-Historical Perspective, Second Edition (1978) — Contributor — 15 copies
The diary of Michael Wigglesworth, 1653-1657; the conscience of a Puritan (1965) — Editor — 11 copies
Propyläen Weltgeschichte — Band 7.2: Von der Reformation zur Revolution (1976) — Contributor — 6 copies
The colonial scene, 1602-1800 — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Morgan, Edmund Sears
- Birthdate
- 1916-01-17
- Date of death
- 2013-07-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Place of death
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Cause of death
- pneumonia
- Education
- Harvard University (BA|1937|Ph.D|1942)
London School of Economics - Occupations
- historian
professor - Relationships
- Morgan, Edmund Morris (father)
- Organizations
- University of Chicago
Brown University
Yale University - Awards and honors
- Pulitzer Prize (Special Citation, 2006)
National Humanities Medal (2000)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1990)
Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement (1992)
Gold Medal, American Academy of Arts and Letters (History, 2008)
Bancroft Prize (1989) (show all 9)
Francis Parkman Prize
Charles S. Sydnor Prize
Albert J. Beveridge Prize
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- Works
- 30
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 5,982
- Popularity
- #4,124
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 54
- ISBNs
- 111
- Languages
- 4
- Favorited
- 8