George Dangerfield
George Bubb Dangerfield (born October 28, 1904 in Newbury , Berkshire , England , † December 26, 1986 in Santa Barbara , California ) was a British- born American historian and writer , who was mainly known through his book The Strange Death of Liberal England (1935) and received the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1953 for his book The Era of Good Feelings .
Life
After schooling completed Dangerfield studying at Hertford College of Oxford University and graduated in 1926 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from.
He later immigrated to the United States and worked as a journalist there before he was an editor in the features section of Vanity Fair magazine between 1933 and 1935 . At the same time he began his literary career as an author of history books and initially published Bengal Mutiny: Story of the Sepoy Rebellion (1933), a depiction of the Indian uprising of 1857 , before his best-known book The Strange Death of Liberal England (1935) composed.
After acquiring US citizenship in 1943 , he did his military service in the 102nd Infantry Division ( Ozark ) of the US Army in World War II and was finally promoted to sergeant .
For his book The Era of Good Feelings , published in 1952, he received both the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize in 1953 . He later wrote several other history books and a biography of the politician Robert R. Livingston . In 1968 he took over a professorship in history at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USCB) and taught there until 1972. In 1970 he received a Guggenheim scholarship , which enabled him to do research in Great Britain.
Publications
- Bengal Mutiny: Story of the Sepoy Rebellion (1933)
- The Strange Death of Liberal England (1935)
- The Era of Good Feelings (1952)
- Chancellor Robert R. Livingston of New York, 1746-1813 (1960)
- The Awakening of American Nationalism, 1815-1828 (1965)
- Victoria's Heir: The Education of a Prince (1972)
- The Damnable Question: A History of Anglo-Irish Relations (1976)
Web links
- George Dangerfield in nndb (English)
- GEORGE DANGERFIELD, HISTORIAN . In: New York Times, January 6, 1987
- The Strange Death of Liberal England (table of contents on the University of Cambridge homepage)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dangerfield, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dangerfield, George Bubb (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newbury , Berkshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1986 |
| Place of death | Santa Barbara , California |