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Sumner Chilton Powell

サムナー・チルトン・パウエル

Sumner Chilton Powell

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1924-10-02 (Northampton, Massachusetts)
Died
1993-07-08 (Colora, Maryland) age 68
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Northampton, Massachusetts → Wallingford, Connecticut

Career

Occupations
historian, history teacher
Active Years
1946-1993
Affiliations
Choate School, Iona College

Education

The Taft School
Period: 高校時代
Country: United States
Watertown, Connecticut
Amherst College
Degree: Bachelor's degree
Year of Graduation: 1946
Country: United States
Harvard University
History
Degree: Doctorate in history
Period: 1947-1956頃
Year of Graduation: 1956
Country: United States
Including naval service period

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for History
1964
Work: Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town
Organization: Columbia University
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

From Mythical to Medieval Man

1957 History

A history book on the transition from mythical to medieval times

Historical transition

Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town

1963 History

History of the formation of a Puritan village in Sudbury, Massachusetts from 1638-1660

Puritan societyNew England settlement

Legacy

American historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for his work on early New England settlement.