Bernard Bailyn
American historian (1922–2020)
Bernard Bailyn (9 September 1922 – 7 August 2020) was an American historian, author, and professor specializing in U.S. Colonial and Revolutionary-era History. He was a professor at Harvard University from 1953 until his death. Bailyn won the Pulitzer Prize for History twice (in 1968 and 1987).[1]
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| Born | September 9, 1922 Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 2020 (aged 97) Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Williams College Harvard University |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for History (1968, 1987) Bancroft Prize (1968) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | American history |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Doctoral students | Gordon S. Wood, Pauline Maier |
In 1994 he was elected a foreign member of the Academia Europaea.[2] In 1998 the National Endowment for the Humanities selected him for the Jefferson Lecture.[3] He was a recipient of the 2010 National Humanities Medal.
Bailyn died of heart failure at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts on August 7, 2020 at the age of 97.[4]
References
change- ↑ "History". Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
- ↑ "Bernard Bailyn". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ Jefferson Lecturers Archived 2011-10-20 at the Wayback Machine at NEH Website (retrieved January 22, 2009).
- ↑ Bernard Bailyn, Eminent Historian of Early America, Dies at 97
Other websites
change- "To Begin the World Anew"-Politics and the Creative Imagination Archived 2006-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities
- Bernard Bailyn: An Appreciation Archived 2006-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Considering the Slave Trade: History and Memory[permanent dead link]
- History News Network Archived 2006-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Booknotes interview with Bailyn on To Begin the World Anew, March 23, 2003. Archived November 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "Into the Wilderness: ‘The Barbarous Years,’ by Bernard Bailyn", Charles C. Mann, The New York Times, 4 January 2013
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