Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. (born August 17, 1948) is a

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historian. In 2004, Shettleworth was appointed the sixth State Historian by Governor

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and reappointed four years later.

Personal

He was born to Earle G. Shettleworth Sr. and Esther Knudsen Shettleworth. He attended Portland, Maine Public Schools and graduated from

Deering High School Deering High School (DHS) is a public high school in Portland, Maine, United States. The school is part of the Portland Public Schools district. It is one of the three public high schools located in Portland, the others being Portland High Scho ...

in 1966. Shettleworth was 11 years old when he had his first meeting with

Percival Proctor Baxter Percival Proctor Baxter (November 22, 1876 – June 12, 1969) was an American politician and philanthropist from Maine. The son of canning magnate and Portland, Maine mayor James Phinney Baxter, he served as the 53rd Governor of the U.S. state ...

, who served as 53rd

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from 1921 to 1925. He became interested in historic preservation in 1961 when, at the age of 13, Portland's Union Station was destroyed in favor of a

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. In 1970, Shettleworth earned a B.A. in Art History from

Colby College Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthr ...

. He also earned an M.A. in Architectural History from

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in 1979, and an

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from

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in 2008.

Career

Shettleworth served as president of the

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from 1977 to 1979 as well as various other appointed positions in state historical preservation.

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* 1948 births Living people Writers from Portland, Maine Historians of Maine Colby College alumni Boston University alumni Bowdoin College alumni 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Deering High School alumni American male non-fiction writers {{Maine-stub