Curated category
21st-century American historians
- Elizabeth D. LeonardElizabeth D. Leonard earned her Master of Arts degree in U.S. History from the University of California Riverside in 1988.
- James M. McPhersonJames Munro McPherson arrived in the world on the 11th of October 1936. His birthplace was Valley City, North Dakota. This small town shaped his early years…
- Don H. DoyleDon H. Doyle earned his bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis before pursuing a doctorate at Northwestern University.
- Retha WarnickeRetha Warnicke believes that Anne Boleyn was not born in 1501, as most historians long assumed, but in the summer of 1507.
- Joan WaughJoan Waugh stands on the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles. She specializes in 19th-century American history and is an expert on the…
- David A. BellDavid Avrom Bell was born in New York City in 1961, into a family that thought seriously about ideas for a living. His father was the sociologist Daniel Bell.
- Seymour DrescherSeymour Drescher was born in 1934 in the Bronx, New York. His parents were Polish Jewish immigrants who brought their history to American soil.
- Kenneth PomeranzKenneth Pomeranz asked a question that historians had been avoiding for centuries: why did industrialization happen in Europe, and not in China?
- Gabor BorittGabor Boritt was born in 1940 to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. The Nazis forced his family into a single room within a hospital on the edge of the…
- John F. MarszalekJohn F. Marszalek was born in Buffalo, New York. He began his higher education journey at Canisius College where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1961.
- Daniel YerginDaniel Howard Yergin was born on the 6th of February 1947 in Los Angeles, California, and by the time he finished his fourth book, he had written what would…
- George Dyson (science historian)George Dyson was born on the 26th of March 1953 into a family of remarkable minds. His father was the theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson.
- Gary W. GallagherGary William Gallagher entered the academic world in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts from Adams State College. He pursued graduate studies at the University of…
- David Christian (historian)David Gilbert Christian was born on the 30th of June, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York, to British and American parents. He grew up between Nigeria and England…
- Stephen GreenblattStephen Greenblatt once recalled the moment he realized the term "New Historicism" had taken on a life of its own. When he heard that American universities…
- Gerald HoltonGerald James Holton was born on the 23rd of May 1922, in Berlin, Germany. He grew up in a Jewish family where his father worked as an attorney specializing…
- Victor Davis HansonVictor Davis Hanson was born on the 5th of September 1953 in Selma, California. He grew up working the family orchard and vineyard that had been in his…
- Claudia GoldinClaudia Dale Goldin was born in the Bronx, New York City on the 14th of May 1946. Her father Leon Goldin worked as a data processing manager at Burlington…
- Melissa DellMelissa Dell grew up in Enid, Oklahoma. Her parents worked as civilian contractors at Vance Air Force Base. They managed the parts shop and ran a daycare…
- David W. BlightDavid William Blight was born on the 21st of March 1949 in Flint, Michigan. He grew up inside a mobile home park during those early years.
- Donald L. MillerDonald L. Miller entered the faculty of Lafayette College in 1978 after earning his PhD from the University of Maryland.
- Fergus BordewichFergus M. Bordewich was born on the first of November in 1947 within New York City. He grew up in Yonkers, New York during the post-war era.
- Eric FonerEric Foner, born on the 7th of February 1943 in New York City, is the historian that college professors reach for most often.
- Edward Jay EpsteinEdward Jay Epstein entered the world on the 6th of December 1935 within the bustling streets of New York City. His early academic path led him to Cornell…
- Clifford AndoClifford Ando was born in 1969. He began his higher education journey at Princeton University. The institution granted him a bachelor's degree in 1990.
- Joel WhitburnJoel Carver Whitburn was born on the 29th of November 1939 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and by the time he died on the 14th of June 2022, he had done something…
- Roger D. LauniusRoger D. Launius entered the world on the 15th of May 1954, in Galesburg, Illinois. His childhood unfolded later in Greenville, South Carolina.
- Douglas BrinkleyDouglas Brinkley was born on the 14th of December 1960 in Atlanta, Georgia, and today holds the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities at Rice…