Gordon S. Wood

Gordon Stewart Wood (born November 27, 1933) is an American historian and professor at Brown University. He is a recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992). His book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776–1787 (1969) won the 1970 Bancroft Prize. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.

Gordon S. Wood
Wood in 2008
Born
Gordon Stewart Wood

(1933-11-27) November 27, 1933
Occupations
  • Historian
  • author
Children3, including Christopher
AwardsPulitzer Prize (1993)
Bancroft Prize (1970)
National Humanities Medal (2010)
Academic background
EducationTufts University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Doctoral advisorBernard Bailyn
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Institutions
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