Michael Burlingame (historian)
Encyclopedia
Michael Burlingame is an American historian
, and May Buckley Sadowski '19 Professor Emeritus of History at Connecticut College
.
He is Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, at University of Illinois, Springfield.
in 1960.
He graduated from Johns Hopkins University
with a Ph.D. in History in 1971.
In 2002, he was involved in the Stephen B. Oates
controversy.
In 2010, he won the Lincoln Prize
for his Abraham Lincoln: A Life.
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 study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, and May Buckley Sadowski '19 Professor Emeritus of History at Connecticut College
Connecticut College
Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut.The college was founded in 1911, as Connecticut College for Women, in response to Wesleyan University closing its doors to women...
.
He is Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, at University of Illinois, Springfield.
Life
He graduated from Phillips AcademyPhillips Academy
Phillips Academy is a selective, co-educational independent boarding high school for boarding and day students in grades 9–12, along with a post-graduate year...
in 1960.
He graduated from Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
with a Ph.D. in History in 1971.
In 2002, he was involved in the Stephen B. Oates
Stephen B. Oates
Stephen B. Oates is a former professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is an expert in 19th-century United States history....
controversy.
In 2010, he won the Lincoln Prize
Lincoln Prize
The Lincoln Prize, endowed by Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman and administered by the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, has been awarded annually since 1991 for the best non-fiction historical work of the year on the American Civil War. It is named for U.S...
for his Abraham Lincoln: A Life.