Name Marcus Cunliffe Role Scholar | Died 1990 | |
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Spouse Mitzi Cunliffe (m. 1949–1971) Children Shay Cunliffe, Antonia Cunliffe Books The literature of the Unite, The Nation takes shape - 17, Chattel Slavery and Wag, American Presidents and the P, In Search of America: Transatla Similar People Mitzi Cunliffe, Robin Winks, Henry Steele Commager, George Washington | ||
Marcus Falkner Cunliffe (1922–1990) was a British scholar who specialized in American Studies, especially military and cultural history.
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Education
Cunliffe was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, Sandhurst, and Yale, where he was Harkness Fellow.[1]
Career
Cunliffe lectured at the University of Manchester and the University of Sussex, where he was Professor of American Studies; he was also a visiting professor at Harvard. Cunliffe's papers were donated to the George Washington University in 1990. The collection includes diaries, correspondence, research notes, articles, chapters from books, syllabi, exam questions, news clippings, correspondence, original military ballads, illustrations, and photographs that range in date from 1936-1990 (bulk 1960-1990) documenting Cunliffe’s career as a scholar of American history. It is cared for by GWU's Special Collections Research Center, located in the Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library.