William Everdell
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William Romeyn Everdell is an American teacher and author. Born in 1941, he graduated from St. Paul's School
and from Princeton University
. A Woodrow Wilson Scholar and Fulbright Scholar, he holds a Master's degree from Harvard University
and a Ph.D in Modern Intellectual History from New York University
. He served during the Vietnam War
as a U.S. Marine NCO in Morocco
and marched against the war following his discharge in 1968.
In 1970, he began teaching at Saint Ann's School, where he teaches world history.
He has been a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review, and is the author of books and articles on intellectual history (history of ideas). One book The End of Kings (1983, 2000) recaptures the historical definition of "republic" as a state not ruled by one person. Another, The First Moderns (1997) redefines "Modernism" as the abandonment of continuity in the arts and sciences that began in the West in 1872-1913.
He has also written on teaching history, and served on the Test Development Committee for the first Advanced Placement World History Exams. A member of the American Historical Association
, he has also served as the president of the affiliated Organization of History Teachers, and of the East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Barbara, who is an administrator at St. Ann's. His sons, Josh and Chris, were born in 1971 and 1974.
St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)
St. Paul's School is a highly selective college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The school is one of only six remaining 100% residential boarding schools in the U.S. The New Hampshire campus currently serves 533 students,...
and from Princeton University
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....
. A Woodrow Wilson Scholar and Fulbright Scholar, he holds a Master's degree 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...
and a Ph.D in Modern Intellectual History from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. He served during the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
as a U.S. Marine NCO in Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
and marched against the war following his discharge in 1968.
In 1970, he began teaching at Saint Ann's School, where he teaches world history.
He has been a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review, and is the author of books and articles on intellectual history (history of ideas). One book The End of Kings (1983, 2000) recaptures the historical definition of "republic" as a state not ruled by one person. Another, The First Moderns (1997) redefines "Modernism" as the abandonment of continuity in the arts and sciences that began in the West in 1872-1913.
He has also written on teaching history, and served on the Test Development Committee for the first Advanced Placement World History Exams. A member of the American Historical Association
American Historical Association
The American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials...
, he has also served as the president of the affiliated Organization of History Teachers, and of the East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Barbara, who is an administrator at St. Ann's. His sons, Josh and Chris, were born in 1971 and 1974.
Publications
- The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth Century Thought, University of Chicago PressUniversity of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press is the largest university press in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including The Chicago Manual of Style, dozens of academic journals, including Critical Inquiry, and a wide array of...
, 1997. (Paperback Edition 1998) - "The Problem of Continuity and the Origins of Modernism: 1870-1913," History of European Ideas, Pergamon Press, 1988.
- “Monologues of the Mad: Paris Cabaret and Modernist Narrative from Twain to Eliot” (ISSEI, Aalborg, Denmark, 8/25/92) in Studies in American Fiction, 20:2(Dec, 1992)
- “Modernism at 100”, Prometheus I:1(1998-99)
- Review of Banfield, The Phantom Table: Woolf, Fry, Russell and the Epistemology of Modernism, in Russell: Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, NS v21:1 (Summer 2001), p88
- Christian Apologetics in France, 1730-1790: The Roots of Romantic Religion, Edwin Mellen Press, 1987.
- “The Rosières Movement, 1766-1789: A Clerical Precursor of the Revolutionary Cults” in French Historical Studies 9:1(1975)
- “Complots, Côteries, Conspirations: L’origine de la ‘thèse Barruel’ dans le roman apologétique” (7/6/89) in L’Image de la Révolution française: Communications présentées lors du Congrès Mondial..., vol III, Paris, 1989
- Review of Taves, Fits, Trances and Visions in New York Times Book Review, (26 December, 1999)
- “Enlightenment: A Rhetoric of Suspicion,” St. Ann’s Review 5:1(Winter/Spring, 2004), p22-33
- The End of Kings: A History of Republics and Republicans, The Free Press, 1983, (2nd edition, University of Chicago Press, 2000)
- “From State to Freestate: The Meaning of the Word Republic from Jean Bodin to John Adams” (7th ISECS, Budapest, 7/31/87) in Valley Forge Journal, June, 1991*“How to Use the Theme of Technology in a World History Survey Course,” American Historical AssociationAmerican Historical AssociationThe American Historical Association is the oldest and largest society of historians and professors of history in the United States. Founded in 1884, the association promotes historical studies, the teaching of history, and the preservation of and access to historical materials...
, San Francisco, 5 January, 2002, revised, in World History Connected. - “How Much Is That In Dollars? Teaching World Economic History Starting With What Students Most Want To Know” Organization of History Teachers/American Historical Association, Conference, DC, January, 2004
- “His Own Wikipedia Entry: Grooming and Maintaining One's Reputation As an Independent Scholar on the Internet's Margin of Entropy,” Verlag der bibliographischen Geister, 2006.
External links
- He has a brief blog at Commenwealthsman.blogspot.com