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Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Professor

Name
  
George Fredrickson

Organization
  
Stanford University


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Born
  
July 16, 1934
Bristol, Connecticut, U.S.

Occupation
  
American and comparative historian

Known for
  
Author of White Supremacy: a Comparative Study in American and South African History

Died
  
February 25, 2008, Palo Alto, California, United States

Awards
  
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada

Nominations
  
Pulitzer Prize for History, National Book Award for History (Paperback)

People also search for
  
Robert A Divine, T. H. Breen, Nancy Foner

Books
  
Racism: A Short History, America Past And Present, The Black image in the white, White Supremacy, The inner Civil War

Education
  
Harvard University (1964)

George M. Fredrickson (July 16, 1934 – February 25, 2008) was an American Edgar E. Robinson Professor of U.S. History at Stanford University from 1984 until the time of his retirement in 2002.

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Career

Fredrickson was best known for his work in the fields of comparative history, along with his work in the study of the history of racism and white supremacy. Fredrickson was also the president of the Organization of American Historians.

Awards

  • 1982 Merle Curti Award, for White Supremacy: A Comparative Study of American and South African History
  • 1982 Pulitzer Prize for History finalist
  • References

    George M. Fredrickson Wikipedia