Philip Wayne Powell
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Philip Wayne Powell was an American
historian
specializing in the Spanish colonial history
of the American Southwest.
He was born in Chino, California
, attended Occidental College
and transferred to the University of California, Berkeley
, receiving his B.A. in 1936. He then undertook graduate studies at Berkeley, taking Hispanic studies
with Herbert I. Priestley and Herbert E. Bolton. Powell completed his Ph.D.
in 1941, and joined the Army
.
In 1943 he taught at the University of Pennsylvania
and in 1944 at Northwestern University
. In 1947 he was hired by the University of California, Santa Barbara
, where he stayed until he retired, becoming Professor Emeritus in 1981. His research focused on the theme of the borderlands between Hispanic and Anglo-Saxon America and the earliest colonial history of he American Southwest.
Among his several influential books are Soldiers, Indians, and Silver: The Northward Advance of New Spain, 1550-1600 (1952) and Mexico's Miguel Caldera: The Taming of America's First Frontier, 1548-1594 (1977). His concern with relations between the United States and Spain and Latin America is reflected in another major work, The Tree of Hate: Propaganda and Prejudices Affecting Relations with the Hispanic World (1971).
Powell died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara on September 17, 1987.
United States
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historian
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...
specializing in the Spanish colonial history
Spanish Empire
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of the American Southwest.
He was born in Chino, California
Chino, California
Chino is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is located in the western end of the Riverside-San Bernardino Area and it is easily accessible via the Chino Valley and Pomona freeways....
, attended Occidental College
Occidental College
Occidental College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1887, Occidental College, or "Oxy" as it is called by students and alumni, is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast...
and transferred to the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, receiving his B.A. in 1936. He then undertook graduate studies at Berkeley, taking Hispanic studies
Hispanist
A Hispanist is a scholar specialising in Hispanic studies, that is Spanish or Portuguese language, literature, linguistics, or civilization, and by extension, Basque, Catalan and Galician....
with Herbert I. Priestley and Herbert E. Bolton. Powell completed his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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in 1941, and joined the Army
United States Army
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.
In 1943 he taught at the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
and in 1944 at Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
. In 1947 he was hired by the University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los...
, where he stayed until he retired, becoming Professor Emeritus in 1981. His research focused on the theme of the borderlands between Hispanic and Anglo-Saxon America and the earliest colonial history of he American Southwest.
Among his several influential books are Soldiers, Indians, and Silver: The Northward Advance of New Spain, 1550-1600 (1952) and Mexico's Miguel Caldera: The Taming of America's First Frontier, 1548-1594 (1977). His concern with relations between the United States and Spain and Latin America is reflected in another major work, The Tree of Hate: Propaganda and Prejudices Affecting Relations with the Hispanic World (1971).
Powell died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara on September 17, 1987.