Ronald E. Shaw (1924 – April 4, 2001) was 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 served in the Army from 1943 to 1946. He graduated from the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The University of Roc ...

with a Ph.D. He taught at

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

, and

Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the 10 ...

from 1954 until 1993, the first W. E. Smith Professor of History.

Awards

* 1965

Frederick Jackson Turner Award The Frederick Jackson Turner Award, is given each year by the Organization of American Historians for an author's first book on American history. It was started in 1959, by Mississippi Valley Historical Association, as the Prize Studies Award. ...

Works

* Reprint of 1990 volume. * Reprint of the original 1966 volume.

References

20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers 1924 births 2001 deaths University of Rochester alumni Wayne State University faculty Miami University faculty 20th-century American male writers {{US-historian-stub