Reed Browning (born 1938) is an American retired professor of history. Browning gained his B.A. from

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. He also studied at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and among the largest ...

. He taught at Amherst College from 1964 to 1967 and then spent forty years as an academic at

Kenyon College Kenyon College ( ) is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Gambier, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1824 by Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase. It is the oldest private instituti ...

, from which he retired in 2007. Whilst at Kenyon College he served as provost and briefly as acting president. Recognition of his teaching excellence include the Senior Trustee Teaching Excellence Award (2001) and the Senior Cup (1981). He has written books on British and European history, including the first and most extensive modern biography of ''

The Duke of Newcastle Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was an English Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain, and whose official life extended througho ...

'' (1975), ''Political and Constitutional Ideas of the Court Whigs'' (1982), and ''The War of the Austrian Succession'' (1993). A baseball fan, he has also penned two sports history books: ''Cy Young: A Baseball Life'' (2000) and ''Baseball’s Greatest Season: 1924'' (2003). His peer-reviewed journal articles include: "The Duke of Newcastle and the Imperial Election Plan 1749-1754", published in ''

Journal of British Studies The publication of the North American Conference on British Studies, ''The Journal of British Studies'' is an academic journal aimed at scholars of British culture from the Middle Ages through the present. The journal was co-founded in 1961 by G ...

'', Volume 7 (1967), pp. 28–47; and "New Views on the Silesian Wars", published in ''

Journal of Military History ''The Journal of Military History'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the military history of all times and places. It is the official journal of the Society for Military History. The journal was established in 1937 and the e ...

'', Volume 69, Number 2, April 2005, pp. 521–534.

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External links

Reed Browning's Faculty Page, Kenyon College
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