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'''Edmund S. Morgan''' (b. January 17, 1916, in Minneapolis, Minnesota), is a leading historian specializing in American (and British) history before 1800. Morgan was Professor of History at [[Yale University]] (1955-1986), and has been emeritus professor since 1986.  He directed the PhD dissertations of numerous scholars teaching at leading schools across the country.  He helped convince scholars that the "Progressive" interpretation advocated by liberal historians such as [[Charles A. Beard]] was misguided and should be replaced by a more conservative interpretation of the [[American Revolution]].

'''Edmund S. Morgan''' (born January 17, 1916, in Minneapolis, Minnesota), is a leading historian specializing in American (and British) history before 1800. Morgan was Professor of History at [[Yale University]] (1955-1986), and has been emeritus professor since 1986.  He directed the PhD dissertations of numerous scholars teaching at leading schools across the country.  He helped convince scholars that the "Progressive" interpretation advocated by liberal historians such as [[Charles A. Beard]] was misguided and should be replaced by a more conservative interpretation of the [[American Revolution]].

His books range across American history in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially on the Revolution, Puritan New England and the slave South. He uses intellectual, social, biographical and political history approaches. In British history he wrote ''Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America'' (1988), which won Columbia University's Bancroft Prize in American History in 1989. His study of colonial Virginia ''American Slavery, American Freedom'' (1975) won numerous awards for its depth of research, clarity of language, and cogency of argument about why Virginia adopted both slavery (for blacks) and freedom (for whites). Two early books, ''Birth of the Republic'' (1956) and ''The Puritan Dilemma'' (1958), have long been required reading in many undergraduate history courses.  He has written biographies of [[Ezra Stiles]], [[Roger Williams]], and [[Benjamin Franklin]].  

His books range across American history in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially on the Revolution, Puritan New England and the slave South. He uses intellectual, social, biographical and political history approaches. In British history he wrote ''Inventing the People: The Rise of Popular Sovereignty in England and America'' (1988), which won Columbia University's Bancroft Prize in American History in 1989. His study of colonial Virginia ''American Slavery, American Freedom'' (1975) won numerous awards for its depth of research, clarity of language, and cogency of argument about why Virginia adopted both slavery (for blacks) and freedom (for whites). Two early books, ''Birth of the Republic'' (1956) and ''The Puritan Dilemma'' (1958), have long been required reading in many undergraduate history courses.  He has written biographies of [[Ezra Stiles]], [[Roger Williams]], and [[Benjamin Franklin]].  

Morgan became a Sterling Professor, Yale's highest distinctions, in 1965. Morgan was awarded the 2000 [[National Humanities Medal]] for "extraordinary contributions to American cultural life and thought." In 2006, he received a [[Pulitzer Prize]] "for a creative and deeply influential body of work as an American historian that spans the last half century." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/special-citation/|title=2006 Special Award|publisher=[[Pulitzer Prize]]}}</ref>

Morgan became a Sterling Professor, Yale's highest distinctions, in 1965. Morgan was awarded the 2000 [[National Humanities Medal]] for "extraordinary contributions to American cultural life and thought." In 2006, he received a [[Pulitzer Prize]] "for a creative and deeply influential body of work as an American historian that spans the last half century." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/special-citation/|title=2006 Special Award|publisher=[[Pulitzer Prize]]}}</ref>

Morgan developed an interest in history at prep school (Belmont Hill School near Boston) and Harvard College. He earned his PhD at Harvard Graduate School in  1942. Morgan studied under [[Perry Miller]]. He began by teaching at the [[University of Chicago]] (1945-46) and then at [[Brown University]] (1946-55) before being called to Yale.  He chairs the editorial board of  The Benjamin Franklin Papers project at Yale.

Morgan developed an interest in history at prep school (Belmont Hill School near Boston) and Harvard College. He earned his PhD at Harvard Graduate School in  1942. Morgan studied under [[Perry Miller]]. He began by teaching at the [[University of Chicago]] (1945–46) and then at [[Brown University]] (1946–55) before being called to Yale.  He chairs the editorial board of  The Benjamin Franklin Papers project at Yale.

== Morgan's Books ==

== Morgan's Books ==

==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==

* Courtwright, David T. "Fifty Years of American History: An Interview with Edmund S. Morgan," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' 3rd Ser., Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr., 1987), pp. 336-369 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-5597(198704)3%3A44%3A2%3C336%3AFYOAHA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1 in JSTOR]

* Courtwright, David T. "Fifty Years of American History: An Interview with Edmund S. Morgan," ''The William and Mary Quarterly,'' 3rd Ser., Vol. 44, No. 2 (Apr., 1987), pp.&nbsp;336–369 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0043-5597(198704)3%3A44%3A2%3C336%3AFYOAHA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1 in JSTOR]

* Murrin, John M. "Edmund S. Morgan," in Robert Allen Rutland, ed. ''Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945-2000'' U of Missouri Press. (2000) pp  126-137 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=109331899 online edition]

* Murrin, John M. "Edmund S. Morgan," in Robert Allen Rutland, ed. ''Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945-2000'' U of Missouri Press. (2000) pp  126–137 [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=109331899 online edition]

== Notes ==

== Notes ==