Alan Taylor

Alan Taylor is an American historian and university teacher born in Portland in 1955. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been recognized in the Pulitzer Prize collection. His field of work includes history and the American Revolution. He has received the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize, and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for History.

Taylor has worked at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Virginia. He is educated at Colby College and Brandeis University. He resides in Maine and speaks English. His work period began in 1977. He is the author of 69 works, including *Writing early American history*, *The curtain playhouse, 1597-99*, *A model of price liberalization in Russia*, *Bridge of Stones*, and *Question of Loyalties*.