Nationality American Fields Southern History | Name Clement Eaton Role Historian | |
Born February 23, 1898
Winston-Salem, NC ( 1898-02-23 ) Institutions Lafayette College
Harvard University Alma mater University of North Carolina
University of Kentucky Notable awards Guggenheim Fellowship, three Fulbright scholarships Died August 12, 1980, Lexington, Kentucky, United States Education Harvard University (1920–1929), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada Books A History of the Southern, The mind of the Old South, Freedom of thought in the Old S, Civilization of the Old South, History of the Old South | ||
Clement Eaton (23 February 1898 in Winston-Salem, NC – 12 August 1980) was an American historian who specialized in the American South.
He received his education from the University of North Carolina, where he was president of Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated in 1919. He also attended Harvard University. He was chair of the History Department at Lafayette College from 1931 to 1942 and then a faculty member of the University of Kentucky.
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