Phillip Hamilton (born February 14, 1961) is an American author and professor of history. He is the author of two books, ''The Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family: The Tuckers of Virginia, 1752–1830'' and ''Serving the Old Dominion'', a history of

Christopher Newport University Christopher Newport University (CNU) is a public university in Newport News, Virginia. It was founded in 1960 and is named after Christopher Newport, captain of Susan Constant, one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown, Virginia, Jam ...

, a state university in Virginia.

Biography

Hamilton graduated from

Gettysburg College Gettysburg College is a private liberal arts college in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1832, the campus is adjacent to the Gettysburg Battlefield. Gettysburg College has about 2,600 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women. ...

, then attended graduate school in history at

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...

, where he earned a Ph.D. degree. He and his wife, Christina, then moved to St. Peters, Missouri, where he got a job at

Lindenwood University Lindenwood University is a private university in St. Charles, Missouri. Founded in 1827 by George Champlin Sibley and Mary Easton Sibley as The Lindenwood School for Girls, it is the second-oldest higher-education institution west of the Missis ...

They had two children, Thomas, born in 1993 and Jacob, born in 1997. They then moved to

Newport News, Virginia Newport News () is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia. At the 2020 census, the population was 186,247. Located in the Hampton Roads region, it is the 5th most populous city in Virginia and 140th most populous city in the Uni ...

, where Hamilton was hired as an associate professor of history at

. After seven years of writing, editing, and submitting, his first book, ''The Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family: The Tuckers of Virginia, 1752–1830'' was published by University of Virginia Press in 2008. Afterwards, university president Paul S. Trible Jr. asked Hamilton to begin writing ''Serving the Old Dominion: A History of Christopher Newport University, 1958–2011'', which was published in 2011.Dr. Phillip Hamilton
at Christopher Newport University

Bibliography

*"Gentry Women and the Transformation of Daily Life in Jeffersonian and Antebellum Virginia," in ''Women Shaping the South: Creating and Confronting Change'', edited by Angela Boswell and Judith N. McArthur (Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2006). *"The Articles of Confederation," in ''History in Dispute: The American Revolution'', edited by Keith Krawczynski (Detroit: St. James Press, 2003). *"Revolutionary Principles and Family Loyalties: Slavery's Transformation in the St. George Tucker Household of Early National Virginia," ''William and Mary Quarterly'', 3rd series, 55 (October 1998), 531556 *"Education in the St. George Tucker Household: Change and Continuity in Jeffersonian Virginia," ''Virginia Magazine of History and Biography'' 102 (April 1994), 167192

References

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