Nationality American Name Wilcomb Washburn | Education Harvard University Fields History | |
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Institutions US National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Alma mater Dartmouth College
Harvard University Died 1997, Washington, D.C., United States Resting place Arlington National Cemetery Books The Governor and the r, Red man's land/white man's law, Virginia Under Charles I, Against the anthropological grain, Beyond the Covenant Chain Similar People Robert M Utley, James Merrell, Daniel K Richter, Arthur W Radford | ||
Wilcomb E. Washburn (1925–1997) was an American historian.
Washburn was born in 1925. He received a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College, and the same year received his PhD in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. For three years he taught history at the College of William and Mary. In 1958, he joined the Smithsonian Institution, as curator of Political History at the National Museum of American History. Later, he became chair of the Department of American Studies. From 1968 until 1997, he served as a director for the Smithsonian's American Studies Program. Washburn died in 1997 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Works
During his life, he wrote 6 books and contributed to 2 others:
He also wrote 200 journal articles, and book chapters, to various editions.