Bancroft Prize
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Robert Alan Gross
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Robert Alan Gross
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- Bridgeport, Connecticut
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Bridgeport, Connecticut → Amherst, Massachusetts (Amherst College) → Sussex, England (University of Sussex) → Williamsburg, Virginia (College of William & Mary) → Storrs, Connecticut (University of Connecticut)
Career
- Occupations
- historian, professor, author
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- Amherst College, University of Sussex, College of William & Mary, University of Connecticut
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania | — | — | Bachelor's | 1962-1966 | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | M.A. | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | Ph.D. | — | United States |
University of Pennsylvania
Degree:
Bachelor's
Period:
1962-1966
Year of Graduation:
1966
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Degree:
M.A.
Year of Graduation:
1968
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Bancroft Prize | The Minutemen and Their World | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェローシップ受領 |
| — | Howard Fellowship | — | — | Howard Foundation | フェローシップ受領 |
| — | Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship | — | — | Rockefeller Foundation | フェローシップ受領 |
| — | National Endowment for the Humanities grant | — | — | National Endowment for the Humanities | 助成金受領 |
| — | American Antiquarian Society grant | — | — | American Antiquarian Society | 助成金受領 |
Bancroft Prize
1977
Work:
The Minutemen and Their World
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1979
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ受領
Howard Fellowship
Organization:
Howard Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ受領
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship
Organization:
Rockefeller Foundation
Result:
フェローシップ受領
National Endowment for the Humanities grant
Organization:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Result:
助成金受領
American Antiquarian Society grant
Organization:
American Antiquarian Society
Result:
助成金受領
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Minutemen and Their World
1976 HistoryA study of the Minutemen and their communities during the American Revolutionary period, detailing social and political contexts and portraying revolutionary experiences from a local-community perspective.
American Revolutionlocal/community historymilitia and citizen-soldiers
In Debt to Shays: The Bicentennial of an Agrarian Rebellion
1993 HistoryAn assessment of Shays' Rebellion, examining the economic and political conditions surrounding it and reflecting on the historical significance of early American agrarian protest.
agrarian rebellioneconomic historyearly American politics
The Transcendentalists and Their World
2021 History / Cultural historyA study of the 19th-century American Transcendentalist movement, its intellectual and cultural contexts, the figures involved, and the movement's social impact.
Transcendentalismintellectual historycultural history
Bibliography
- The Minutemen and Their World (1976)
- In Debt to Shays: The Bicentennial of an Agrarian Rebellion (1993)
- The Transcendentalists and Their World (2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly, narrative proseattention to local and social historyincludes multicultural and transnational perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- community and communal liferebellion and protestfocus on social and economic contextstransnational connections
Legacy
A historian known for work on early American and local history and agrarian protest. He incorporated multicultural and transnational perspectives, earned recognition including the Bancroft Prize, and influenced scholarship in American history through a long academic career.
Academic Societies
- American Antiquarian Society
Archives
- University of Connecticut archives
Trivia
- Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- Emeritus faculty member at the University of Connecticut.
- Won the Bancroft Prize in 1977.
- Recipient of multiple fellowships and grants including a Guggenheim Fellowship.
- Year of birth not publicly listed in available sources.