Dr. Lowell Hayes Harrison (October 23, 1922 – October 12, 2011) was an American historian specializing in the

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Biography

Harrison graduated from College High (Bowling Green, Kentucky). He was a veteran of

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. He received a

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from

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in 1946, then enrolled at

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where he earned an

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in 1947 and a PhD in 1951, both in history.* He then attended the

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on a Fulbright Scholarship. His first regular teaching position was at

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as an associate professor. By 1957, he was head of their history department. Eventually, Harrison became chair of the College of Social Sciences at West Texas. In 1967, Harrison returned to

as professor of history and graduate advisor. In 1979 he was named university historian. He retired from teaching in 1988. He died on October 12, 2011.

Works

Harrison wrote more than 126 works, including 15 books.

Books

*''The Civil War in Kentucky'' (1975) *''Western Kentucky University'' (1987) *''Kentucky's Road to Statehood'' (1992) *''A New History of Kentucky'' (1997) *''Lincoln of Kentucky'' (2000)

Selected articles

* "The Civil War in Kentucky: Some Persistent Questions," ''The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. Kentucky Historical Society'', Vol. 76, 1978

References

1922 births 2011 deaths 20th-century American historians 21st-century American historians 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Alumni of the London School of Economics American military personnel of World War II Fulbright alumni Historians from Kentucky Historians of the American Civil War New York University alumni Western Kentucky University alumni Western Kentucky University faculty Writers from Bowling Green, Kentucky Military personnel from Kentucky {{US-historian-stub