Charles F. Fanning, Jr. is an

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and academic.

Life

He grew up in

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. He graduated from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher lea ...

in 1964, with a master's in 1966, and from the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

with a master's and doctoral degrees, in 1968 and 1972. He taught at

Bridgewater State College Bridgewater State University is a public university with its main campus in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It is the largest of nine state universities in Massachusetts. Including its off-campus sites in New Bedford, Attleboro, and Cape Cod, BSU h ...

, and at

Southern Illinois University Carbondale Southern Illinois University (SIU or SIUC) is a public research university in Carbondale, Illinois. Founded in 1869, SIU is the oldest and flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. The university enrolls students from all 50 s ...

from 1993 to 2007. He and his wife, Frances, live in Carbondale, Illinois. They have two children, Stephen, born in 1982 and Ellen, born in 1984. A Medal and Lecture in Irish Studies are named for him.

Awards

* 2004 ''Outstanding Scholar'', Southern Illinois University Carbondale * 1989

American Book Award The American Book Award is an American literary award that annually recognizes a set of books and people for "outstanding literary achievement". According to the 2010 awards press release, it is "a writers' award given by other writers" and "the ...

for ''The Exiles of Erin: Nineteenth-Century Irish-American Fiction'' * 1979 Frederick Jackson Turner Award from the

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for ''Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: The Chicago Years'' * 1991 Prize for Literary Criticism from the American Conference for Irish Studies for The Irish Voice in America

Bibliography

* (reprint 2008 ) * * (second edition 2000 ) *Mapping Norwood: An Irish-American Memoir. University of Massachusetts Press. 2010. .

Editor

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References

External links

"IRISH VOICES", ''Perspectives'', Spring 2004
21st-century American historians American male non-fiction writers People from Norwood, Massachusetts Harvard College alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni Bridgewater State University faculty Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American Book Award winners Historians from Massachusetts 21st-century American male writers {{US-historian-stub