Richard N. Current
Encyclopedia
Richard Nelson Current is an American historian
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, from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
with an M.A., and from the University of Wisconsin with a Ph.D. in history in 1940. He taught at Rutgers University
, Hamilton College, Northern Michigan University
, Lawrence University
, University of Illinois, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
, and the University of Wisconsin. He retired and is living in Massachusetts
.
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...
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Life
He graduated from Oberlin CollegeOberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
, from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University is the oldest school in the United States dedicated solely to graduate studies in international affairs. It is regarded as one of the world's foremost schools of international affairs. Every Fall, the school enrolls approximately 265...
with an M.A., and from the University of Wisconsin with a Ph.D. in history in 1940. He taught at Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, Hamilton College, Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University is a four-year college public university established in 1899 located in Marquette, in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. With a population of nearly 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students, Northern Michigan University is the Upper Peninsula's largest...
, Lawrence University
Lawrence University
Lawrence University is a selective, private liberal arts college with a nationally recognized conservatory of music, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Lawrence University is known for its rigorous academic environment. Founded in 1847, the first classes were held on November 12, 1849...
, University of Illinois, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro , also known as UNC Greensboro, is a public university in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States and is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system. The university offers more than 100 undergraduate, 61 master's and 26...
, and the University of Wisconsin. He retired and is living in Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
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Awards
- 1956 Bancroft PrizeBancroft PrizeThe Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948 by a bequest from Frederic Bancroft...
- 1977 George Banta Award from the Wisconsin Library AssociationWisconsin Library AssociationThe Wisconsin Library Association , is a Wisconsin, United States non-profit,professional membership organization which has existed since 1891 --- more than 100 years of service to the library community and Wisconsin's citizens...
- 1988 Notable Wisconsin Authors
- Fulbright lecturer
Works
- "Vidal's 'Lincoln': An Exchange", The New York Review of Books, August 18, 1988
- "How Stimson Meant to 'Manoeuver' the Japanese", Mississippi Valley Historical Review, June 1953
- Why the North won the Civil War: essays by Richard N. Current , David (David Herbert) Donald, Richard Nelson Current, Louisiana State University Press, 1960 (reprint) (reprint)