Karl F. Morrison was born November 3, 1936 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. He is an American historian who got Bachelor's degree in 1956 from the
University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment.
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and a year later got his Master's 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 ...
. In 1961 he received his Ph.D. from the same place, and was hired as
Professor Emeritus
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at
Rutgers University
Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's ...
in 1988. He has an award in the Humanities from the
McKnight Foundation
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and is also a
fellow
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
at the
Medieval Academy of America
The Medieval Academy of America (MAA; spelled Mediaeval until c. 1980) is the largest organization in the United States promoting the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The academy publishes ...
,
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
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Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been ...
and
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...
.
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Living people
Cornell University alumni
University of Mississippi alumni
Date of birth missing (living people)
Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America
Year of birth missing (living people)
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