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| birth_place=Scotia, Humboldt County<br>[[California]], [[United States|USA]]<br>

| birth_place=Scotia, Humboldt County<br>[[California]], [[United States|USA]]<br>

Resident of  Bryan, Brazos County, [[Texas]]​

Resident of  Bryan, Brazos County, [[Texas]]​

| spouse=Madelon Elsie Kersten Dunning ​

| spouse=Madelon Elsie Kersten Dunning<br> ​

| children=Stephen Dunning​<br>

Stephen Dunning​<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

'''Parents''':<br>

Harold L. and Helen L. Mills​ Dunning<br>

Harold L. and Helen L. Mills​ Dunning<br>

'''Chester S. L. Dunning''' (born January 27, 1949) is an [[United States|American]] retired [[professor]] of [[Europe]]an and [[Russia]]n [[history]] at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=​https://history.tamu.edu/faculty/|title=Faculty:History|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]]|accessdate=January 20, 2020}}</ref>

'''Chester S. L. Dunning''' (born January 27, 1949) is an [[United States|American]] retired [[professor]] of [[Europe]]an and [[Russia]]n [[history]] at [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=​https://history.tamu.edu/faculty/|title=Faculty:History|publisher=[[Texas A&M University]]|accessdate=January 20, 2020}}</ref>

==Background==

==Biography==​

Dunning is a fifth generation [[California]]n, born in Scotia in Humboldt County. His father, Harold L. Dunning (1919-1998) was an electrician; his mother, Helen L. Mills (born 1926), a retired librarian living in Bryan, Texas.  Dunning attended elementary school in Fortuna, California, and Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa. In 1971, he received his Bachelor of Arts]degree with highest honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received both his [[Master of Arts]] and [[Ph.D.]] with distinction in 1972 and 1976, respectively, from [[Boston College]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], with the major field in Russian history. He was from 1975 to 1976 a lecturer at Boston College and from 1977 to 1979 an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. In 1979, he joined the TAMU faculty.<ref name=csld>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/dunning/cv.pdf|title=Chester S.L. Dunning|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>​

Dunning is a fifth generation [[California]]n, born in Scotia in Humboldt County. His father, Harold L. Dunning (1919-1998) was an electrician; his mother, Helen L. Mills (born 1926), a retired librarian living in Bryan, Texas.  Dunning attended elementary school in Fortuna, California, and Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa. In 1971, he received his Bachelor of Arts]degree with highest honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He received both his [[Master of Arts]] and [[Ph.D.]] with distinction in 1972 and 1976, respectively, from [[Boston College]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], with the major field in Russian history. He was from 1975 to 1976 a lecturer at Boston College and from 1977 to 1979 an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Pembrok. In 1979, he joined the TAMU faculty.<ref name=csld>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/dunning/cv.pdf|title=Chester S.L. Dunning|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>​

 

Among Dunning's books is ''Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty,'' twelve years in the research and writing, nearly seven hundred pages long, a History Book Club selection in 2001, published by the [[Pennsylvania State University]] Press.<ref name=romanov>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9NUYtSJaO8cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University]] Press|year=2001 |isbn=0-271-02074-1|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> Dunning explains further in the preface that though there were earlier civil wars, mostly of a local nature among princes in Russia, modern Russia begins in 1613 with the founding of the [[Romanov]] dynasty. Preceding that dynasty was the 15-year [[Time of Troubles]], a reference to the severe unrest that nearly destroyed Russia after [[Boris Gudunov]] and before the appearance of the czar [[Michael Romanov]].<ref name=romanov/> This lengthy work is condensed to 342 pages in the 2004 volume entitled ''A Short History of Russia's First Civil War''.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SXewkdStLTEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Historian+Chester+S.L.+Dunning&source=bl&ots=TOklm5bbTv&sig=oDZzjANJ9u1WHRpjbja_Ks6ZTIs&hl=en&ei=lba5TNGZNsWBlAfloeSiDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=A Short History of Russia's First Civil War|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-271-02465-8|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>​

Among Dunning's books is ''Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty,'' twelve years in the research and writing, nearly seven hundred pages long, a History Book Club selection in 2001, published by the [[Pennsylvania State University]] Press.<ref name=romanov>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=9NUYtSJaO8cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Russia's First Civil War: The Time of Troubles and the Founding of the Romanov Dynasty|publisher=[[Pennsylvania State University]] Press|year=2001 |isbn=0-271-02074-1|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> Dunning explains further in the preface that though there were earlier civil wars, mostly of a local nature among princes in Russia, modern Russia begins in 1613 with the founding of the Romanov dynasty. Preceding that dynasty was the 15-year [[Time of Troubles]], a reference to the severe unrest that nearly destroyed Russia after [[Boris Gudunov]] and before the appearance of the czar [[Michael Romanov]].<ref name=romanov/> This lengthy work is condensed to 342 pages in the 2004 volume entitled ''A Short History of Russia's First Civil War.''<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SXewkdStLTEC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Historian+Chester+S.L.+Dunning&source=bl&ots=TOklm5bbTv&sig=oDZzjANJ9u1WHRpjbja_Ks6ZTIs&hl=en&ei=lba5TNGZNsWBlAfloeSiDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=A Short History of Russia's First Civil War|publisher=Pennsylvania State University Press|year=2004|isbn=0-271-02465-8|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>​

 

Another Dunning work is ''The Russian Empire and the Grand Duchy of Muscovy,'' released in 2006. Dunning indicates that the primary purpose of this work is to rescue from obscurity [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s original historical drama ''Boris Godunov''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bLQEcJZSDNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Chester+Dunning:+The+Uncensored+Boris+Godunov&source=bl&ots=wqJAk12SA1&sig=ZJZPBB-A8zSoOiTDO3t8vdXGfRM&hl=en&ei=esu5TOTHIISKlwfL3Zj8DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Uncensored Boris Godunov: The Case for Pushkin's Original Comedy|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin]] Press|year=2006 |isbn=0-299-20760-9|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> Dunning maintains that Pushkin's play is a comedy, not a tragedy.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536322093520994.html|author=Stephanie Simon and Stephanie Banchero|title= "Putting a Price on Professors: A battle in Texas over whether academic value can be measured in dollars and cents"|publisher=''[[Wall Street Journal]]''|date=October 22, 2010|accessdate=October 28, 2010}}</ref>​

Another Dunning work is ''The Russian Empire and the Grand Duchy of Muscovy,'' released in 2006. Dunning indicates that the primary purpose of this work is to rescue from obscurity [[Alexander Pushkin]]'s original historical drama ''Boris Godunov''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bLQEcJZSDNIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Chester+Dunning:+The+Uncensored+Boris+Godunov&source=bl&ots=wqJAk12SA1&sig=ZJZPBB-A8zSoOiTDO3t8vdXGfRM&hl=en&ei=esu5TOTHIISKlwfL3Zj8DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=The Uncensored Boris Godunov: The Case for Pushkin's Original Comedy|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin]] Press|year=2006 |isbn=0-299-20760-9|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref> Dunning maintains that Pushkin's play is a comedy, not a tragedy.<ref name=wsj>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536322093520994.html|author=Stephanie Simon and Stephanie Banchero|title= "Putting a Price on Professors: A battle in Texas over whether academic value can be measured in dollars and cents"|publisher=''[[Wall Street Journal]]''|date=October 22, 2010|accessdate=October 28, 2010}}</ref>​

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Dunning has published refereed articles in ''Slavic Review,'' ''The Russian Review,'' ''The Slavonic and East European Review,'' ''Comparative Studies in Society and History,'' ''The Pushkin Review,'' ''The Sixteenth Century Journal,''  ''Russian History,'' ''Slavic and East European Journal,'' ''Stanford Slavic Studies,'' ''Canadian-American Slavic Studies,'' and ''Albion.''  He holds six distinguished teaching awards from Texas A&M. In 2012, Dunning received an endowed professorship, the Murray and Celeste Fasken Chair in Distinguished Teaching in Liberal Arts. His research reflects his interest in early modern Russia, Anglo-Russian relations, comparative history, and the impact of [[censorship]] on Russian literature. He has received research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Davis Center for Russian Studies at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/dunning.htm|title=Chester S.L. Dunning|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>​

Dunning has published refereed articles in ''Slavic Review,'' ''The Russian Review,'' ''The Slavonic and East European Review,'' ''Comparative Studies in Society and History,'' ''The Pushkin Review,'' ''The Sixteenth Century Journal,''  ''Russian History,'' ''Slavic and East European Journal,'' ''Stanford Slavic Studies,'' ''Canadian-American Slavic Studies,'' and ''Albion.''  He holds six distinguished teaching awards from Texas A&M. In 2012, Dunning received an endowed professorship, the Murray and Celeste Fasken Chair in Distinguished Teaching in Liberal Arts. His research reflects his interest in early modern Russia, Anglo-Russian relations, comparative history, and the impact of [[censorship]] on Russian literature. He has received research grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Davis Center for Russian Studies at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tamu.edu/history/faculty/dunning.htm|title=Chester S.L. Dunning|publisher=tamu.edu|accessdate=October 16, 2010}}</ref>​

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Now in retirement, Dunning resides in Bryan, Texas with his wife, Madelon Elsie Kersten (born 1951 in [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]]). Formerly of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], Massachusetts, Elsie Kersten is a graduate of Texas A&M University's College of Architecture, remodels homes and is a published photographer. Their son Stephen (born 1989) is a high school music teacher in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas.​

Now in retirement, Dunning resides in Bryan, Texas with his wife,the former Madelon Elsie Kersten (born 1951 in [[St. Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]]). Formerly of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], Massachusetts, Elsie Kersten is a graduate of Texas A&M University's College of Architecture, remodels homes and is a published photographer. Their son Stephen (born 1989) is a high school music teacher in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], Texas.​

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