Gipson, Lawrence Henry, 1880-1971
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Name (Latin)
Gipson, Lawrence Henry, 1880-1971
Other forms of name
Gipson, Lawrence Henry, 1880-
Date of birth
1880-12-07
Date of death
1971-09-26
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Occupation
College teachers
Historians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Shaw, D.W. Guide to the papers of Lawrence Henry Gipson, 1984?:t.p. (Lawrence Henry Gipson) p. 2 (d. 9/26/71)
- LC data base, 6-7-85(hdg.: Gipson, Lawrence Henry, 1880- )
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Wikipedia description:
Lawrence Henry Gipson (December 7, 1880 – September 26, 1971) was an American historian, who won the 1950 Bancroft Prize and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for History for volumes of his magnum opus, the fifteen-volume history of "The British Empire Before the American Revolution", published 1936–70. He was a leader of the "Imperial school" of historians who studied the British Empire from the perspective of London, and generally praised the administrative efficiency and political fairness of the Empire.
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