Sumner Chilton Powell
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Sumner Chilton Powell was a historian and teacher of history at the Choate School. He was a 1946 graduate of Amherst College
and received a doctorate in History from from Harvard University
in 1956. His book Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town received the Pulitzer Prize for History
in 1964.
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
and received a doctorate in History from from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1956. His book Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town received the Pulitzer Prize for History
Pulitzer Prize for History
The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography...
in 1964.