Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 46 (1993) Winner
Charles Capper
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Charles Capper
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Died
- 2021-07-01 （Minneapolis, Minnesota） age 77
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina → Boston, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- historian, professor, author
- Active Years
- 1970-2021
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Professor of History, 1986-2001), Boston University (Professor of History, 2001- ), Modern Intellectual History (co-founder)
- Influenced By
- Henry F. May (doctoral advisor)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Hopkins University | — | History | — | — | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | — | History | M.A., Ph.D. | — | United States |
Johns Hopkins University
History
Country:
United States
Details of degree and attendance years not specified
University of California, Berkeley
History
Degree:
M.A., Ph.D.
Country:
United States
Earned M.A. and Ph.D. in history
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Bancroft Prize | Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life | — | Columbia University (Bancroft Prize) | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Humanities | 受賞 |
| — | National Humanities Center Fellowship | — | — | National Humanities Center | 受賞 |
| — | Charles Warren Center Fellowship | — | — | Charles Warren Center | 受賞 |
Bancroft Prize
1993
Work:
Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life
Organization:
Columbia University (Bancroft Prize)
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1994
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Result:
受賞
National Humanities Center Fellowship
Organization:
National Humanities Center
Result:
受賞
Charles Warren Center Fellowship
Organization:
Charles Warren Center
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life
1994 Biography, Intellectual historyA biography of Margaret Fuller that reassesses her life and thought. It examines Fuller’s role in American Romanticism and her relation to Transcendentalism.
TranscendentalismWomen and modern intellectual lifeAmerican Romanticism
Transient and Permanent: The Transcendentalist Movement in Its Contexts
1999 Scholarly essay collection, Intellectual historyAn edited collection examining the Transcendentalist movement from multiple perspectives, exploring its contexts and both transient and lasting aspects.
TranscendentalismContextualizing intellectual history
The American Intellectual Tradition (co-edited)
2006 Anthology, textbookAn anthology of major texts in American intellectual history, used as a classroom resource; published in multiple editions.
American intellectual historyPrimary source compilation
Bibliography
- Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life
- Margaret Fuller: transatlantic crossings in a revolutionary age (ed.)
- Transient and Permanent: The Transcendentalist Movement in Its Contexts (ed.)
- The American Intellectual Tradition (co-ed., with David A. Hollinger)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly and precise proseDocument-based, philological analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- Reassessment of TranscendentalismRole of American intellectuals
Health
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Parkinson's disease晩年（罹患期間の詳細不明）Affected his health in later life; died from related complications
Legacy
An important scholar of Transcendentalism and American intellectual history. Known for a definitive biography of Margaret Fuller, co-editing a widely used anthology, and co-founding an academic journal.
Trivia
- Won the 1993 Bancroft Prize for 'Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life'.
- Co-founded the journal Modern Intellectual History in 2002.