William Howarth
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William Howarth is an American writer and professor emeritus of environmental literature and history at Princeton University
. He has published thirteen books and also written for such national periodicals as National Geographic, Smithsonian, and The American Scholar
.
He has served on the editorial board of Environmental History
, as chairman of the board for The Center for American Places, and as editor in chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
.
Howarth has taught at Princeton since 1966. His courses include the Literature of Place and Travel, and Darwin in our Time. He has won several awards for research and teaching, and he has advised 100 Ph.D. dissertations and 256 senior theses. He is a faculty associate of the Princeton Environmental Institute and a member of its executive committee.
Howarth received a B.A. from the University of Illinois, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
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Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. He has published thirteen books and also written for such national periodicals as National Geographic, Smithsonian, and The American Scholar
The American Scholar
The American Scholar was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson on August 31, 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge. He was invited to speak in recognition of his groundbreaking work Nature, published a year earlier, in which he established a new way for America's fledgling society to...
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He has served on the editorial board of Environmental History
Environmental history
Environmental history, a branch of historiography, is the study of human interaction with the natural world over time. In contrast to other historical disciplines, it emphasizes the active role nature plays in influencing human affairs. Environmental historians study how humans both shape their...
, as chairman of the board for The Center for American Places, and as editor in chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau is a project that aims to provide, for the first time, accurate texts of the complete works of Henry David Thoreau, the American author, including his journal, his personal letters, and his writings for publication...
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Howarth has taught at Princeton since 1966. His courses include the Literature of Place and Travel, and Darwin in our Time. He has won several awards for research and teaching, and he has advised 100 Ph.D. dissertations and 256 senior theses. He is a faculty associate of the Princeton Environmental Institute and a member of its executive committee.
Howarth received a B.A. from the University of Illinois, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.
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Books by William Howarth
- Nature in American Life
- "The Literary Manuscripts of Henry D. Thoreau"
- The John McPhee Reader
- "Walden and Other Writings"
- The Book of Concord: Thoreau's Life as a Writer
- Traveling the Trans-Canada
- Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
- Walking with Thoreau
- Deep CreekDeep Creek-Communities:*Deep Creek, California, former name of Cedarville, California*Deep Creek, Florida, an unincorporated community in Charlotte County*Deep Creek, Nevada*Deep Creek, Virginia, a former unincorporated town of the former Norfolk County...