Edmund Morgan (historian)

Edmund Sears Morgan (January 17, 1916 in Minneapolis, Minnesota - July 8, 2013 in New Haven, Connecticut) was an American historian, an eminent authority on early American history. He was Emeritus Professor of History at Yale University, where he taught from 1955 to 1986. He specialized in American colonial history, with some attention to English history. Thomas S. Kidd says he was noted for his incisive writing style, "simply one of the best academic prose stylists America has ever produced." He covered many topics, including Puritanism, political ideas, the American Revolution, slavery, historiography, family life, and numerous notables such as Benjamin Franklin.

Life

Morgan was born in Minnesota, the second child of Edmund Morris Morgan and Elsie Smith Morgan. His mother was from a Yankee family that practiced Christian Science, though she distanced herself from the faith. His father, descended from Welsh coal miners taught law at the University of Minnesota. In 1925 the family moved from Washington, D.C. to Arlington, Massachusetts to allow the father to take a position as professor at Harvard Law School.

Edmund Morgan

Edmund Morgan may refer to:

Edmund Morgan (of Llandaff)

Sir Edmund Morgan was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and 1621.

Morgan was the second son of Henry Morgan of Llandaff and Penllwyn-Sarth. He was a captain in the army and was knighted probably at Dublin on 5 August 1599.

In 1601, Morgan was elected Member of Parliament for Wilton. He was High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1602. In 1621 he was elected MP for Monmouthshire.

Morgan married a daughter of Mr Francis in around 1600. He was the brother of Henry Morgan of Llandaff, also MP for Monmouthshire.

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Edmund Morgan (bishop)

The Rt Rev Edmund Robert Morgan was the seventh Suffragan Bishop of Southampton; and afterwards the ninth incumbent at Truro. He was born on 28 July 1888 and educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford. Ordained in 1914, he began his career with curacies at Farnham and Eastleigh. He was then Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester and after that Warden of the College of the Ascension, Selly Oak, Birmingham, for 13 years from 1923. From 1930 to 1936 he was also assistant secretary of the Societry for the Propagation of the Gospel. From 1936 to 1943 he was Rector of Old Alresford and also Archdeacon of Winchester, a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. A noted author, he died on 21 September 1979 at Whiteparish, Wilts.

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