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Richard D. Brown (historian)
Richard David Brown (born October 31, 1939) is an American historian specializing in Colonial history of the United States, colonial, American Revolution, revolutionary, and early American society and culture. He is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Connecticut, where he has taught since 1971. Early life and education Born in New York City to parents Alvyn Adolph and Dorothy Kruskal Brown, Brown attended the Devereux Manor High School in Devon, Pennsylvania, Devon, Pennsylvania, and Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Fieldston School in New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oberlin College in 1961 and received a The Institute for Citizens & Scholars, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship to attend Harvard University, where he earned an Master of Arts degree in 1962 and a PhD in history in 1966. Career and service Brown began his academic career as a Fulbright lecturer at the University of Toulouse in France in 1965–1966. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City to distinguish it from New York State, or NYC for short, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the State of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities. New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, significantly influencing commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports, and is the most photographed city in the world. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an impor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
