John Younker Simon (June 25, 1933 – July 8, 2008) was an
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...
scholar known for editing the papers of
Ulysses S. Grant.
Biography
Born in
Highland Park, Illinois, to Jane Younker and Jay Simon, he was on the history faculty of
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 st ...
, for 44 years. Simon had MA and PhD history degrees from
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
. He received the
Lincoln Prize Special Achievement Award in 2004 from the
Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College for his then-24, later 31 volume Grant series. The same year, he also received The Lincoln Forum's
Richard Nelson Current
Richard Nelson Current (October 5, 1912 – October 26, 2012) was an American historian, called "the Dean of Lincoln Scholars", best known for ''The Lincoln Nobody Knows'' (1958), and ''Lincoln and the First Shot'' (1963).
Life
Born in Colorado ...
Award of Achievement.
He died July 8, 2008 in
Carbondale, Illinois at the age of 75.
Quotes
"(He is) one of the finest people I've ever met." --
Geoffrey Perret, author of ''Ulysses S. Grant: Soldier & President''
See also
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Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States (1869–1877) following his success as military commander in the American Civil War. Under Grant, the Union Army defeate ...
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1933 births
2008 deaths
20th-century American historians
American male non-fiction writers
Harvard University alumni
Historians of the United States
Historians of the American Civil War
Ohio State University faculty
People from Carbondale, Illinois
People from Highland Park, Illinois
Historians from Illinois
Southern Illinois University Carbondale faculty
Swarthmore College alumni
Ulysses S. Grant
20th-century American male writers