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==Life and works==

==Life and works==

Edward Channing was the fifth child of Ellen Kilshaw Fuller (1820-56), a sister of [[Margaret Fuller]], and [[William Ellery Channing]] (1818-1901), the friend of [[Henry David Thoreau]]. They were the leading liberal intellectuals of the day.  Some months after his birth, his mother died, and his father gave the young boy to the care of working class family who loved children. In 1860, his paternal grandfather William Channing, dean of the Harvard Medical School, took him in. he attended private schools and entered Harvard College in 1874, graduating in history with a magna cum laude. Channing took his PhD at Harvard; using a small inheritance toured Europe and the Middle East,  In 1883, he became an instructor of history at Harvard. His first book, the very short ''Town and County Government in the English Colonies of North America'' (1883) won a prize and established his scholarly reputation. In 1886, he married Alice Thacher; they had two daughters.  

Edward Channing was the fifth child of Ellen Kilshaw Fuller (1820-56), a sister of [[Margaret Fuller]], and [[William Ellery Channing]] (1818-1901), the friend of [[Henry David Thoreau]]. They were the leading liberal intellectuals of the day.  Some months after his birth, his mother died, and his father gave the young boy to the care of working class family who loved children. In 1860, his paternal grandfather William Channing, dean of the Harvard Medical School, took him in. he attended private schools and entered Harvard College in 1874, graduating in history with a magna cum laude. Channing took his PhD at Harvard; using a small inheritance he toured Europe and the Middle East,  In 1883, he became an instructor of history at Harvard. His first book, the very short ''Town and County Government in the English Colonies of North America'' (1883) won a prize and established his scholarly reputation. In 1886, he married Alice Thacher; they had two daughters.  

In 1887 Harvard promoted Channing to assistant professor, in 1897 to full professor, and in 1912 to the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History. He retired in 1929.

In 1887 Harvard promoted Channing to assistant professor, in 1897 to full professor, and in 1912 to the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History. He retired in 1929.