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William Cronon is an American geographer, historian, university teacher, and environmental scientist born in New Haven in 1954. He is a member of the American Historical Association, the Ecological Society of America, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His field of work is environmental history, and he has been recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and the Macarthur Fellows collection.
Cronon has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program award, Bancroft Prize, and Rhodes Scholarship. He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for History. He is educated at Jesus College, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Yale University, and the University of Oxford. He works at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and resides in Wisconsin.
His notable works include Changes in the Land, How to Read the American West, Driven Wild, and Toxic Archipelago. He is the author of 36 works.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 36
Top works
- Changes in the land
- Changes in the Land
- How to Read the American West
- Driven Wild
- Toxic Archipelago
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Haven
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Oxford
- Employer
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Field of work
- environmental history
- Official website
- www.williamcronon.net
- Image
- William Cronon, 2007.jpg
- Residence
- Wisconsin
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- date of birth
- 1954-09-11
- nominated for
- Pulitzer Prize for History
- Commons category
- William Cronon
- social media followers
- 11873
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