William S. McFeely | |
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| Born | William Shield McFeely September 25, 1930 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | December 11, 2019 (aged 89) Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Amherst College Yale University |
| Occupation | Historian |
William Shield McFeely (September 25, 1930 – December 11, 2019)[1] was an American historian known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning 1981 biography of Ulysses S. Grant, as well as his contributions to a reevaluation of the Reconstruction era, and for advancing the field of African-American history.[2] He retired as the Abraham Baldwin Professor of the Humanities emeritus at the University of Georgia in 1997, and was affiliated with Harvard University since 2006.
- ^ Fischer, Heinz-Dietrich (May 2013). Main Achievements of American Presidents. LIT Verlag Münster. pp. 104–. ISBN 978-3-643-90362-4. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
- ^ Genzlinger, Neil (December 13, 2019). "William McFeely, Pulitzer-Winning Historian, Dies as 89". New York Times. Retrieved December 14, 2019. Print version December 14, 2019, p. B11.
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