Edward Countryman is an American

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the stu ...

Life

He graduated from

Manhattan College Manhattan College is a private, Catholic, liberal arts university in the Bronx, New York City. Originally established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for day students, it was la ...

, and from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

with an MA, and a Ph.D. in 1971. He taught at

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. He is currently a Distinguished University Professor at

Southern Methodist University , mottoeng = "The truth will make you free" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = SACS , academic_affiliations = , religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church , president = R. Gerald Turner , prov ...

Awards

* 1983-91 Royal Historical Society * L.H.D. Honoris Causa Manhattan College * 1982

Bancroft Prize The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948, with a bequest from Frederic Bancroft, in his memory and that of his brother, ...

for ''A People in Revolution'' * 1966-71 Danforth Graduate Fellow * 1966-67 Woodrow Wilson Fellow

Works

* Reprinted as a paperback in 1989; see * Revised edition Macmillan, 2003 . * Revised edition Macmillan, 1997, . * Co-author with Evonne von Heussen-Countryman. * ''The Empire State'', co-author, Cornell University Press, 2001 *

''Historians at Work'', series editor

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External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20100331065626/http://smu.edu/history/faculty/countryman.shtml

References

Manhattan College alumni Cornell University alumni Yale University faculty Academic staff of the University of Canterbury Southern Methodist University faculty Academics of the University of Warwick Academics of the University of Cambridge Living people 21st-century American historians American male non-fiction writers 1944 births Bancroft Prize winners 21st-century American male writers {{US-historian-stub