Bancroft Prize
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Richard Nelson Current
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Richard Nelson Current
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1912-10-05 （Colorado City, Colorado, U.S.）
- Died
- 2012-10-26 （Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.） age 100
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- historian, university professor, translator
- Active Years
- 1934-2012
- Affiliations
- Rutgers University, Hamilton College (New York), Northern Michigan University, Lawrence University, Mills College, Salisbury State University, University of Illinois, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Influenced By
- William B. Hesseltine
- Influenced
- Lincoln scholars, generations of American historians
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin College | — | Department of History | B.A. | 〜1934 | United States |
| The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University) | — | — | M.A. | 〜1935 | United States |
| University of Wisconsin–Madison | — | Department of History | Ph.D. | 〜1940 | United States |
Oberlin College
Department of History
Degree:
B.A.
Period:
〜1934
Year of Graduation:
1934
Country:
United States
Received B.A.
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University)
Degree:
M.A.
Period:
〜1935
Year of Graduation:
1935
Country:
United States
Received M.A.
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Department of History
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
〜1940
Year of Graduation:
1940
Country:
United States
Received Ph.D.; studied under William B. Hesseltine.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Bancroft Prize | Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure (with James G. Randall) | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1959 | Fulbright Professor in Munich | — | — | Fulbright Program | 任命 |
| 1960 | O. Max Gardner Prize | — | — | University of North Carolina | 受賞 |
| 1962 | Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History | — | — | Oxford University | 任命 |
| 1977 | George Banta Award | — | — | Wisconsin Library Association | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Notable Wisconsin Authors | — | — | Wisconsin Library Association | 選出 |
| 1989 | Logan Hay Medal | — | — | Abraham Lincoln Association | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Lincoln Prize (lifetime achievement) | lifetime achievement | — | Lincoln Prize | 受賞 |
| 2000 | The Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement | — | — | The Lincoln Forum | 授与 |
Bancroft Prize
1956
Work:
Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure (with James G. Randall)
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Fulbright Professor in Munich
1959
Organization:
Fulbright Program
Result:
任命
O. Max Gardner Prize
1960
Organization:
University of North Carolina
Result:
受賞
Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History
1962
Organization:
Oxford University
Result:
任命
George Banta Award
1977
Organization:
Wisconsin Library Association
Result:
受賞
Notable Wisconsin Authors
1988
Organization:
Wisconsin Library Association
Result:
選出
Logan Hay Medal
1989
Organization:
Abraham Lincoln Association
Result:
受賞
Lincoln Prize (lifetime achievement)
2000
Work:
lifetime achievement
Organization:
Lincoln Prize
Result:
受賞
The Richard Nelson Current Award of Achievement
2000
Organization:
The Lincoln Forum
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Lincoln Nobody Knows
1958 biography / historyAn influential study of Abraham Lincoln that probes apparent contradictions in his life and thought and emphasizes his moral and intellectual growth.
Lincoln studiesrace relationspersonal growth and change
Lincoln and the First Shot
1963 historical analysisExamines Lincoln's role and the political-military situation around the start of the Civil War, aiming to dispel myths surrounding the assassination and related conspiracies.
Civil Warpolitics and militaryhistorical revision
Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure
1955 biography / historyThe fourth volume of James G. Randall's biography of Lincoln, completed in part by Current; focuses on Lincoln's presidency and leadership.
presidencyleadershipAmerican political history
Old Thad Stevens: A Story of Ambition
1942 biographyA biography of 19th-century politician Thaddeus Stevens, focusing on his life and political ambition.
19th-century politicsReconstructionleadership study
The Typewriter and the Men Who Made It
1954 history of technologyA history of the typewriter, tracing its invention, development, and the people involved.
history of technologyindustrialization
Knut Hamsun Remembers America: Essays and Stories, 1885–1949 (translator)
2003 translation / literatureA collection of Knut Hamsun's essays and stories about America (1885–1949), translated by Current.
translationcross-cultural perspectives
Bibliography
- Old Thad Stevens: A Story of Ambition (1942)
- Pine Logs and Politics: A Life of Philetus Sawyer, 1816–1900 (1950)
- The Typewriter and the Men Who Made It (1954)
- Secretary Stimson: A Study in Statecraft (1954)
- Daniel Webster and the Rise of National Conservatism (1955)
- Lincoln the President: Last Full Measure (1955) (with James G. Randall)
- The Lincoln Nobody Knows (1958)
- American History: A Survey (1961) (with Frank Freidel and T. Harry Williams)
- Lincoln and the First Shot (1963)
- John C. Calhoun (1963)
- Three Carpetbag Governors (1967)
- Essentials of American History (1972, 1980) (with others)
- Wisconsin: The Civil War Era 1848–1873 (1976)
- Wisconsin: A Bicentennial History (1977)
- Unity, Ethnicity, and Abraham Lincoln (1978)
- Speaking of Abraham Lincoln: The Man and His Meaning for Our Times (1983)
- Arguing with Historians: Essays on the Historical and the Unhistorical (1987)
- Those Terrible Carpetbaggers (1988)
- Lincoln, the Constitution, and Presidential Leadership (1989)
- Lincoln's Loyalists: Union Soldiers from the Confederacy (1992)
- Encyclopedia of the Confederacy (editor, 1993)
- What Is an American? Abraham Lincoln and "Multiculturalism" (1993)
- Loie Fuller, Goddess of Light (1997) (with Marcia Ewing Current)
- Knut Hamsun Remembers America: Essays and Stories, 1885–1949 (2003) (translator)
Translations by Author
- Knut Hamsun translations and edition (2003)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly and analytical proseempirical, primary-source driven approachaccessible biographical narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Lincoln's moral and intellectual growthunity and ethnicityexamination of race relations and freedom
Health
-
Parkinson's disease晩年Health declined in later years; recorded cause of death.
Legacy
Called the "Dean of Lincoln Scholars," Current made major contributions to Lincoln studies, won major academic prizes including the Bancroft Prize, published numerous works and translations, and his papers are held at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Academic Societies
- Southern Historical Association (president 1975)
Archives
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Rare Book Room (Richard N. Current papers)
Quotes
-
The most remarkable thing about him was his tremendous power for growth.
Source: The Lincoln Nobody Knows (1958) (1958)
Trivia
- Died in 2012 at age 100.
- Lectured internationally, including in Antarctica.
- First wife Rose Bonar died in 1983 after 45 years of marriage; he married Marcia Ewing in 1984.
- Late in life he translated and edited works by Knut Hamsun.