Bancroft Prize
1 appearances
Edmund Sears Morgan
エドマンド・エス・モーガン
Edmund S. Morgan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1916-01-17 （Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.）
- Died
- 2013-07-08 （New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.） age 97
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Atheist
- Residence History
- Washington, D.C. → Arlington, Massachusetts → Providence, Rhode Island → New Haven, Connecticut
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, University professor, Author
- Active Years
- 1937-2013
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago, Brown University, Yale University
- Memberships
- American Philosophical Society, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Organization of American Historians (served as president 1971–1972)
- Influenced By
- Perry Miller, F. O. Matthiessen, Felix Frankfurter
- Influenced
- Joseph Ellis, Christine Leigh Heyrman, Bruce H. Mann, Ta-Nehisi Coates (has cited Morgan's influence)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard University (Harvard College) | Harvard College | American Civilization (History & Literature) | BA | 1933–1937 | United States |
| London School of Economics | — | — | — | 在籍（年不詳） | United Kingdom |
| Harvard University (Graduate School) | Graduate school | History of American Civilization | PhD | 1939–1942 | United States |
Harvard University (Harvard College)
Harvard College
/ American Civilization (History & Literature)
Degree:
BA
Period:
1933–1937
Year of Graduation:
1937
Country:
United States
Switched to American Civilization (history and literature)
London School of Economics
Period:
在籍（年不詳）
Country:
United Kingdom
Attended lectures at the urging of Felix Frankfurter
Harvard University (Graduate School)
Graduate school
/ History of American Civilization
Degree:
PhD
Period:
1939–1942
Year of Graduation:
1942
Country:
United States
Doctoral advisor: Perry Miller
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Francis Parkman Prize | American Slavery, American Freedom | — | Society of American Historians | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Charles S. Sydnor Prize | American Slavery, American Freedom | — | Southern Historical Association | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Albert J. Beveridge Award | American Slavery, American Freedom | — | American Historical Association | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Bancroft Prize | Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1971 | William Clyde DeVane Medal | — | — | Yale chapter of Phi Beta Kappa | 受賞（教育・研究） |
| 1972 | Douglass Adair Memorial Award | — | — | Scholarly community | 初回受賞 |
| 1986 | Distinguished Scholar Award | — | — | American Historical Association | 受賞 |
| 2000 | National Humanities Medal | Lifetime contributions to American cultural life and thought | — | U.S. President / National Endowment for the Humanities | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Pulitzer Prize (Special Citation) | A creative and deeply influential body of work | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | 受賞（特別表彰） |
| 2008 | American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal | Lifetime achievement | — | American Academy of Arts and Letters | 受賞 |
Francis Parkman Prize
1975
Work:
American Slavery, American Freedom
Organization:
Society of American Historians
Result:
受賞
Charles S. Sydnor Prize
1975
Work:
American Slavery, American Freedom
Organization:
Southern Historical Association
Result:
受賞
Albert J. Beveridge Award
1975
Work:
American Slavery, American Freedom
Organization:
American Historical Association
Result:
受賞
Bancroft Prize
1989
Work:
Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
William Clyde DeVane Medal
1971
Organization:
Yale chapter of Phi Beta Kappa
Result:
受賞（教育・研究）
Douglass Adair Memorial Award
1972
Organization:
Scholarly community
Result:
初回受賞
Distinguished Scholar Award
1986
Organization:
American Historical Association
Result:
受賞
National Humanities Medal
2000
Work:
Lifetime contributions to American cultural life and thought
Organization:
U.S. President / National Endowment for the Humanities
Result:
受賞
Pulitzer Prize (Special Citation)
2006
Work:
A creative and deeply influential body of work
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board
Result:
受賞（特別表彰）
American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal
2008
Work:
Lifetime achievement
Organization:
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Ambassador Book Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 18 (2003) Lifetime Achievement Award
Works
Major Works
The Puritan Family: Religion and Domestic Relations in 17th-Century New England
1944 History (Early American history)Examines Puritan family life and religious practice in 17th-century New England, exploring connections between family, religion, and society.
PuritanismFamily lifeReligion and society
The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop
1958 Biography / HistoryA biography of John Winthrop that illustrates the tensions between Puritan faith and political practice.
Puritan thoughtLeadership dilemmas
The Birth of the Republic, 1763–89
1956 Political historyTraces political developments around the American Revolution, clarifying the ideas and actions of the revolutionary era.
American RevolutionPolitical ideas
American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia
1975 Social and economic historyExplores the paradox of liberty and slavery in colonial Virginia, analyzing how white freedom became linked to black enslavement.
SlaveryParadox of freedomColonial society
Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America
1988 Intellectual / political historyComparatively examines the origins and rise of popular sovereignty in England and America.
SovereigntyPolitical thought
Benjamin Franklin
2002 BiographyA reassessment of Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements, offering a detailed biography that challenges common myths.
BiographyIntellectual history
Bibliography
- The Puritan Family: Religion and Domestic Relations in 17th-Century New England (1944)
- Virginians at Home: Family Life in the Eighteenth Century (1952)
- The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution (1953)
- The Birth of the Republic, 1763–89 (1956)
- The Puritan Dilemma: The Story of John Winthrop (1958)
- American Slavery, American Freedom: The Ordeal of Colonial Virginia (1975)
- Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America (1988)
- Benjamin Franklin (2002)
- The Genuine Article: A Historian Looks at Early America (2004)
- American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America (2009)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Clear, precise academic proseAccessible and pedagogical style
- Recurring Motifs
- Puritan studiesParadox of freedom and slaveryEarly American political thought
Health
-
Pneumonia2013年Cause of death in 2013
Legacy
One of the leading historians of early America; his lucid prose and exhaustive use of primary sources influenced both scholars and students. Works like American Slavery, American Freedom provoked central debates in the field.
Academic Societies
- American Philosophical Society
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Archives
- Yale University archives (papers and related materials)
In Popular Culture
- Widely cited in college textbooks and lectures
- Influenced contemporary debates on race and historical interpretation
Quotes
-
The freedom of the free, the growth of freedom experienced in the American Revolution depended more than we like to admit on the enslavement of more than 20 percent of us at that time.
Source: American Slavery, American Freedom (preface) (1975)
Trivia
- Originally a pacifist, he withdrew his conscientious objector application and worked as a machinist at the MIT Radiation Laboratory during WWII.
- His sister Roberta Wohlstetter was also a noted historian and a Bancroft Prize winner.
- Received a special Pulitzer Prize citation in 2006.