American Historical Association

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American Historical Association

ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1884, "for the promotion of historical studies, the preservation and collection of historical documents and artifacts, and the dissemination of historical research."

Official Website:
http://www.historians.org/

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Herbert Baxter Adams Historian 16-Apr-1850 30-Jul-1901 Coined the term political science

Charles McLean Andrews Historian 22-Feb-1863 9-Sep-1943 The Colonial Period of American History

Jacques Barzun Historian 30-Nov-1907 From Dawn to Decadence

Charles A. Beard Historian 27-Nov-1874 1-Sep-1948 The Rise of American Civilization

Carl Becker Historian 7-Sep-1873 10-Apr-1945 Everyman His Own Historian

Michael Beschloss Historian 30-Nov-1955 The Conquerors

James Henry Breasted Archaeologist 27-Aug-1865 2-Dec-1935 A History of Egypt

Caroline Bynum Historian 1941 Medieval historian

Phil Crane Politician 3-Nov-1930 Congressman from Illinois, 1969-2005

Edward Eggleston Novelist 10-Dec-1837 4-Sep-1902 The Hoosier School-Master

Drew Gilpin Faust Educator 18-Sep-1947 President of Harvard University

John Hope Franklin Historian 2-Jan-1915 From Slavery to Freedom

Michael J. Hogan Educator 1943 President, University of Connecticut

J. Franklin Jameson Historian 19-Sep-1859 28-Sep-1937 Dictionary of United States History

Gerda Lerner Historian 30-Apr-1920 The Woman in American History

John V. Lombardi Educator 1942 President, Louisiana State University

Richard W. Lyman Educator 18-Oct-1923 President of Stanford University, 1971-80

James M. McPherson Historian 11-Oct-1936 US Civil War historian

Nell Irvin Painter Historian 2-Aug-1942 Creating Black Americans

Edwin O. Reischauer Diplomat 15-Oct-1910 1-Sep-1990 US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66

James Ford Rhodes Author 1-May-1848 22-Jan-1927 History of the Civil War

James Harvey Robinson Historian 29-Jun-1863 16-Feb-1936 The Mind in the Making

Jonathan D. Spence Historian 11-Aug-1936 The Search for Modern China

Barbara Tuchman Historian 30-Jan-1912 6-Feb-1989 A Distant Mirror

Frederick Jackson Turner Historian 14-Nov-1861 14-Mar-1932 Frontier Thesis

Justin Winsor Curator 2-Jan-1831 22-Oct-1897 Librarian of Harvard University

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