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Robert Middlekauff
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American historian (1929–2021)
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Robert Lawrence Middlekauff (1929–2021) was an American historian, university teacher, and writer. Born in Yakima, he was educated at the University of Washington and later served as a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley. He wrote in English and focused his research on the history of the United States.
Middlekauff authored seventeen works, including *The Mathers: Three Generations of Puritan Intellectuals, 1596–1728*, *Grand Expectations*, *George Washington*, *The National Temper*, and *Washington's Revolution*. He received the Bancroft Prize and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for History. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He died in Pleasanton.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Grand expectations
- George Washington
- The national temper
- The Mathers: Three Generations of Puritan Intellectuals, 1596–1728
- The national temper
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lawrence
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Yakima
- Place of death
- Pleasanton
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- University of Washington
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Bancroft Prize
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- date of birth
- 1929-07-05
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- nominated for
- Pulitzer Prize for History
- date of death
- 2021-03-10
- writing language
- English language
- interested in
- history of the United States
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