Philip D. Morgan (born 1949) is a British

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 st ...

. He has specialized in Early Modern colonial British America and slavery in the Americas. In 1999, he won both the

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, ...

and the Frederick Douglass Prize for his book ''Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry'' (1998).

Life

Born in England, Morgan graduated from

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and received his PhD from

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

. Morgan taught at the

College of William and Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William III ...

and was editor of the ''William and Mary Quarterly'' from 1997 to 2000. He teaches at

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

, where he is the Harry C. Black Professor of History, and during the 2011-12 academic year is the visiting Harmsworth Professor of American History at

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Awards

For ''Slave Counterpoint'' (1998) *1998

American Historical Association The American Historical Association (AHA) is the oldest professional association of historians in the United States and the largest such organization in the world. Founded in 1884, the AHA works to protect academic freedom, develop professional s ...

, Albert J. Beveridge Award and Wesley Logan Prize *1999: :

; : The first Frederick Douglass Prize, shared that year with the historian

Ira Berlin Ira Berlin (May 27, 1941 – June 5, 2018) was an American historian, professor of history at the University of Maryland, and former president of Organization of American Historians. Berlin is the author of such books as ''Many Thousands Gone: ...

, awarded by the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery,

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

;"Frederick Douglass Prize"
, Gilda Lehrman Center, Yale, accessed 12 August 2011 : Organization of American Historians, Elliott Rudwick Prize ; : South Carolina Historical Society Prize; :

Library of Virginia The Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia, is the library agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It serves as the archival agency and the reference library for Virginia's seat of government. The Library moved into a new building in 1997 and ...

Literary Nonfiction Award; :

Southern Historical Association The Southern Historical Association is a professional academic organization of historians focusing on the history of the Southern United States. It was organized on November 2, 1934. Its objectives are the promotion of interest and research in Sout ...

, Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Prize; and :

American Philosophical Society The American Philosophical Society (APS), founded in 1743 in Philadelphia, is a scholarly organization that promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and communit ...

, Jacques Barzun Prize (1999).

Works

* (reprint 1991) * * * * *Philip D. Morgan, David Eltis, eds. "New Perspectives on The Transatlantic Slave Trade," ''William and Mary Quarterly'', LVIII (January 2001). * *

References

1949 births 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers College of William & Mary faculty Historians of the American Revolution Historians of the Southern United States Johns Hopkins University faculty Living people History of the Thirteen Colonies Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professors of American History Bancroft Prize winners American male non-fiction writers {{US-historian-stub