William H. Goetzmann
Historian, Author
1930 – 2010
Who was William H. Goetzmann?
William H. Goetzmann was an award-winning historian and emeritus professor in the American Studies and American Civilization Programs at the University of Texas at Austin. He attended Yale University as a graduate student and was friends with Tom Wolfe while there. His work on the American West won him the highest prizes for historians, the Parkman Prize and the Pulitzer Prize. He has written and published extensively on American philosophy, American political history, and the American arts. An advocate for the importance of history as a public discussion, he has served in various capacities in television and film production, notably for PBS. He was most recently the Jack S. Blanton, Sr., Chair Emeritus in History and American Studies. His last book published during his lifetime was Beyond the Revolution: A History of American Thought From Paine to Pragmatism.
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- Born
- Jul 20, 1930
Washington, D.C. - Also known as
- William Goetzmann
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Yale University
History
( - 1957)
- PhD, Yale University
- Lived in
- Saint Paul
- Austin
( - 2010/09/07)
- Died
- Sep 7, 2010
Austin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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