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States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1942–1951</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rear_admiral" title="Rear admiral">Rear admiral</a> (reserve)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sciences_Po" title="Sciences Po">Sciences Po</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_B._Morison" title="George B. Morison">George B. Morison</a> (uncle)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Samuel Eliot Morison</b> (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works of <a href="/wiki/Maritime_history" title="Maritime history">maritime history</a> and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> in 1912, and taught history at the university for 40 years. He won <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prizes" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prizes">Pulitzer Prizes</a> for <i>Admiral of the Ocean Sea</i> (1942), a biography of <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/John_Paul_Jones" title="John Paul Jones">John Paul Jones</a>: A Sailor's Biography</i> (1959). In 1942, he was commissioned to write a <a href="/wiki/History_of_United_States_Naval_Operations_in_World_War_II" title="History of United States Naval Operations in World War II">history of United States naval operations in World War II</a>, which was published in 15 volumes between 1947 and 1962. Morison wrote the popular <i>Oxford History of the American People</i> (1965), and co-authored the classic textbook <i>The Growth of the American Republic</i> (1930) with <a href="/wiki/Henry_Steele_Commager" title="Henry Steele Commager">Henry Steele Commager</a>. </p><p>Over the course of his career, Morison received eleven honorary doctoral degrees, and garnered numerous literary prizes, military honors, and national awards from both foreign countries and the United States, including two <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prizes" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prizes">Pulitzer Prizes</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Bancroft_Prize" title="Bancroft Prize">Bancroft Prizes</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Balzan_Prize" title="Balzan Prize">Balzan Prize</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_(1887–1912)"><span id="Early_life_.281887.E2.80.931912.29"></span>Early life (1887–1912)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life (1887–1912)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Samuel Eliot Morison was born July 9, 1887, in <a href="/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston, Massachusetts">Boston, Massachusetts</a>, to John Holmes Morison (1856–1911) and Emily Marshall (Eliot) Morison (1857–1925). He was named for his maternal grandfather <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Eliot_(historian)" title="Samuel Eliot (historian)">Samuel Eliot</a>—a historian, educator, and public-minded citizen of Boston and <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford, Connecticut</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Eliot_family_(America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eliot family (America)">Eliot family</a>, which produced generations of prominent American intellectuals, descended from Andrew Eliot, who moved to Boston in the 1660s from the English village of <a href="/wiki/East_Coker" title="East Coker">East Coker</a>. The most famous of this Andrew Eliot's direct descendants was poet <a href="/wiki/T.S._Eliot" class="mw-redirect" title="T.S. Eliot">T.S. Eliot</a>, who titled the second of his <i><a href="/wiki/Four_Quartets" title="Four Quartets">Four Quartets</a></i> "<a href="/wiki/East_Coker_(poem)" title="East Coker (poem)">East Coker</a>". </p><p>Morison attended <a href="/wiki/Noble_and_Greenough_School" title="Noble and Greenough School">Noble and Greenough School</a> (1897–1901) and <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_School_(Concord,_New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)">St. Paul's</a> (1901–1903) prior to entering <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a>, where he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/The_Phoenix_%E2%80%93_S_K_Club" title="The Phoenix – S K Club">Phoenix S K Club</a>. At the age of fourteen, he learned to sail, and soon after learned horsemanship—both skills would serve him well in his later historical writings.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He earned both a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">Master's degree</a> from Harvard in 1908. After studying at the <a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_Libre_des_Sciences_Politiques" class="mw-redirect" title="École Libre des Sciences Politiques">École Libre des Sciences Politiques</a> (1908–1909), Morison returned to Harvard. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scholar_and_historian_(1913–1941)"><span id="Scholar_and_historian_.281913.E2.80.931941.29"></span>Scholar and historian (1913–1941)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Scholar and historian (1913–1941)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morison originally intended to major in mathematics until <a href="/wiki/Albert_Bushnell_Hart" title="Albert Bushnell Hart">Albert Bushnell Hart</a> talked him into researching some papers of an ancestor stored in his wine cellar.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His Harvard dissertation was the basis for his first book <i>The Life and Letters of <a href="/wiki/Harrison_Gray_Otis_(lawyer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harrison Gray Otis (lawyer)">Harrison Gray Otis</a>, Federalist, 1765–1848</i> (1913), which sold 700 copies. After earning his Ph.D. at Harvard, Morison became an instructor in history at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a> in 1912. In 1915 he returned to Harvard and took a position as an instructor. During World War I he served as a private in the US Army. He also served as the American Delegate on the Baltic Commission of the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Peace_Conference,_1919" class="mw-redirect" title="Paris Peace Conference, 1919">Paris Peace Conference</a> until June 17, 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1922–1925 Morison taught at <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford University</a> as the first Harmsworth Professor of American History.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1925 he returned to Harvard, where he was appointed a full professor. One of several subjects that fascinated Morison was the history of <a href="/wiki/New_England" title="New England">New England</a>. As early as 1921 he published <i>The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783–1860</i>. In the 1930s Morison published a series of books on the history of Harvard University and New England, including <i>Builders of the Bay Colony: A Gallery of Our Intellectual Ancestors</i> (1930), <i>The Founding of Harvard College</i> (1935), <i>Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century</i> (1936), <i>Three Centuries of Harvard: 1636–1936</i> (1936), and <i>The Puritan Pronaos</i> (1936). In later years, he returned to the subject of New England history, writing <i>The Ropemakers of Plymouth</i> (1950) and <i>The Story of the 'Old Colony' of New Plymouth</i> (1956) and editing the definitive work, <i><a href="/wiki/Of_Plymouth_Plantation" title="Of Plymouth Plantation">Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620–1647</a></i> (1952).<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Returning to Harvard in 1925, it is noteworthy that Morison was the last professor to arrive there on horseback.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was chosen to speak at the 300th Anniversary celebration of Harvard in 1936 and a recording of his speech is included as part of the "Harvard Voices" collection.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1938 Morison was elected as an honorary member of the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati" title="Society of the Cincinnati">Society of the Cincinnati</a>. </p><p>In 1940, Morison published <i>Portuguese Voyages to America in the Fifteenth Century</i>, a book that presaged his succeeding publications on the explorer, <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Columbus" title="Christopher Columbus">Christopher Columbus</a>. In 1941, Morison was named Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard. For <i>Admiral of the Ocean Sea</i> (1942), Morison combined his personal interest in sailing with his scholarship by actually sailing to the various places that Columbus explored. The Harvard Columbus Expedition, led by Morison and including his wife and Captain John W. McElroy, Herbert F. Hossmer, Jr., Richard S. Colley, Dr. Clifton W. Anderson, Kenneth R. Spear and Richard Spear, left on 28 August 1939 aboard the 147 foot ketch <i>Capitana</i> for the <a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a> and Lisbon, Portugal from which they sailed on the 45 foot <a href="/wiki/Ketch" title="Ketch">ketch</a> <i>Mary Otis</i> to retrace Columbus' route using manuscripts and records of his voyages reaching <a href="/wiki/Trinidad" title="Trinidad">Trinidad</a> by way of <a href="/wiki/Cadiz" class="mw-redirect" title="Cadiz">Cadiz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Canary_Islands" title="Canary Islands">Canary Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HCCE_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCCE-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After following the coast of South and Central America the expedition returned to Trinidad on 15 December 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-HCCE_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCCE-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The expedition returned to New York on 2 February 1940 aboard the United Fruit liner <a href="/wiki/USS_Merak_(AF-21)" title="USS Merak (AF-21)"><i>Veragua</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HCCE_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HCCE-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a> in 1943. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Naval_war_service_(1942–1952)"><span id="Naval_war_service_.281942.E2.80.931952.29"></span>Naval war service (1942–1952)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Naval war service (1942–1952)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1942, Morison met with his friend President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> and offered to write a history of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> operations during the war from an insider's perspective by taking part in operations and documenting them. The President and Secretary of the Navy <a href="/wiki/Frank_Knox" title="Frank Knox">Frank Knox</a> agreed to the proposal. On May 5, 1942, Morison was commissioned a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_commander_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant commander (United States)">lieutenant commander</a> in the <a href="/wiki/US_Naval_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="US Naval Reserve">US Naval Reserve</a>, and was called at once to active duty.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gregory Pfitzer explained his procedures:<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>He gained berths on patrol boats, destroyers, and heavy cruisers; participated in planning sessions for invasions; witnessed sea battles; narrowly escaped death at the hands of a <a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a> pilot; and conducted post-operational interviews with commanders in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean_theater_of_World_War_II" title="Pacific Ocean theater of World War II">Pacific theater</a>.</p></blockquote> <p>Morison worked with a team of researchers to prepare the <i><a href="/wiki/History_of_United_States_Naval_Operations_in_World_War_II" title="History of United States Naval Operations in World War II">History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</a></i>, published in 15 volumes between 1947 and 1962, documenting everything from strategy and tactics to technology and the exploits of individuals. British military historian Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Keegan" title="John Keegan">John Keegan</a> called it the best to come out of that conflict. Issued as <i>The Rising Sun in the Pacific</i> in 1948, Volume 3 won the <a href="/wiki/Bancroft_Prize" title="Bancroft Prize">Bancroft Prize</a> in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Morison was promoted to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">captain</a> on December 15, 1945. On August 1, 1951, he was transferred to the Honorary Retired List of the Naval Reserve and was promoted to rear admiral on the basis of combat awards.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i>History as a Literary Art: An Appeal to Young Historians</i> (1946), Morison argued that vivid writing springs from the synergy of experience and research:<sup id="cite_ref-hornfischer_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hornfischer-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>American historians, in their eagerness to present facts and their laudable concern to tell the truth, have neglected the literary aspects of their craft. They have forgotten that there is an art of writing history.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_years_(1953–1976)"><span id="Later_years_.281953.E2.80.931976.29"></span>Later years (1953–1976)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Later years (1953–1976)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1955, Morison retired from Harvard University.<sup id="cite_ref-navalhistory_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navalhistory-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He devoted the rest of his life to writing. In quick succession, Morison wrote <i>Christopher Columbus, Mariner</i> (1955), <i>Freedom in Contemporary Society</i> (1956), <i>The Story of the 'Old Colony' of New Plymouth, 1620–1692</i> (1956), <i>Nathaniel Holmes Morison</i> (1957), <i><a href="/wiki/William_Hickling_Prescott" class="mw-redirect" title="William Hickling Prescott">William Hickling Prescott</a></i> (1958), <i>Strategy and Compromise</i> (1958), and <i>John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography</i> (1959), which earned Morison his second Pulitzer Prize. </p><p>In the early 1960s, Morison's focus returned to his New England youth, writing <i>The Story of Mount Desert Island, Maine</i> (1960), <i>One Boy's Boston, 1887–1901</i> (1962), <i>Introduction to Whaler Out of New Bedford</i> (1962), and <i>A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts</i> (1963). In 1963, <i>The Two-Ocean War</i> was published, a one-volume abridged history of the United States Navy in World War II. </p><p>In 1964, Morison received the <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> from President <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a>. In presenting the distinguished historian with the highest civilian award in the United States, Johnson noted:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Scholar and sailor, this amphibious historian has combined a life of action and literary craftsmanship to lead two generations of Americans on countless voyages of discovery.</p></blockquote> <p>Morison's later years were devoted to books on exploration, such as <i>The Caribbean as Columbus Saw It,</i> written jointly with Mauricio Obregón (1964), <i>Spring Tides</i> (1965), <i>The European Discovery of America</i> (1971–1974), and <i><a href="/wiki/Samuel_de_Champlain" title="Samuel de Champlain">Samuel de Champlain</a>: Father of New France</i> (1972). His research for the latter book included sailing many of the routes taken by Champlain, and tracing others by airplane. </p><p>Morison's first marriage to Elizabeth S. Greene produced four children—one of whom, <a href="/wiki/Emily_Morison_Beck" title="Emily Morison Beck">Emily Morison Beck</a>, became editor of <i><a href="/wiki/Bartlett%27s_Familiar_Quotations" title="Bartlett's Familiar Quotations">Bartlett's Familiar Quotations</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elizabeth died August 20, 1945. In 1949, Morison married Baltimore widow Priscilla Barton. Priscilla died February 22, 1973. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morison died of a stroke on May 15, 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His ashes are buried at Forest Hill Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Harbor,_Maine" title="Northeast Harbor, Maine">Northeast Harbor, Maine</a>. </p><p>During his life Morison had received two <a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prizes</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Bancroft_Prize" title="Bancroft Prize">Bancroft Prizes</a>, the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>' <a href="/wiki/Emerson-Thoreau_Medal" title="Emerson-Thoreau Medal">Emerson-Thoreau Medal</a> (1961), and numerous honorary degrees, military awards, and honors from foreign nations.<sup id="cite_ref-prizewinners_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prizewinners-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 19, 1979, the <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigate</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Samuel_Eliot_Morison_(FFG-13)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13)">USS <i>Samuel Eliot Morison</i></a> was launched, honoring Morison and his contributions to the United States Navy. Morison's legacy is also sustained by the United States Naval History and Heritage Command's Samuel Eliot Morison Naval History Scholarship.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Boston's <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Avenue,_Boston" class="mw-redirect" title="Commonwealth Avenue, Boston">Commonwealth Avenue Mall</a> features a bronze statue depicting Morison in sailor's <a href="/wiki/Oilskin" title="Oilskin">oilskin</a>. </p><p>Morison's last known public appearance was on April 8, 1976, when he served as the ribbon cutter to open the <a href="/wiki/USS_Constitution_Museum" title="USS Constitution Museum">USS Constitution Museum</a>. "The Museum's research library and an annual award given by the Museum for scholarship in history are both named in his honor."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The museum gives the annual <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Eliot_Morison_Award_(USS_Constitution_Museum)" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Eliot Morison Award (USS Constitution Museum)">Samuel Eliot Morison Award</a> to a person whose public service has enhanced the image of the USS <i>Constitution</i>, and who reflects the best of Samuel Eliot Morison: artful scholarship, patriotic pride, and eclectic interest in the sea and things maritime. </p><p>In 1976, the <i><a href="/wiki/American_Heritage_(magazine)" title="American Heritage (magazine)">American Heritage</a></i> magazine initiated an award named in honor of Morison called the <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Eliot_Morison_Award_(American_Heritage)" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Eliot Morison Award (American Heritage)">Samuel Eliot Morison Award</a>, honoring an American author whose work shows "that good history is literature as well as high scholarship."<sup id="cite_ref-krebs_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krebs-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It lasted two years. </p><p>Since 1982, the <a href="/wiki/Naval_Order_of_the_United_States" title="Naval Order of the United States">Naval Order of the United States</a> gives an honor in Morison's name, the <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Eliot_Morison_Award_for_Naval_Literature" title="Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature">Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature</a>, for significant works about the US Navy. </p><p>In 1985, the <a href="/wiki/Society_for_Military_History" title="Society for Military History">Society for Military History</a> established the <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Eliot_Morison_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel Eliot Morison Prize">Samuel Eliot Morison Prize</a>, recognizing an author's body of contributions in the field of military history. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Slavery">Slavery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Slavery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Morison was criticized by some African-American scholars for his treatment of American slavery in early editions of his book <i>The Growth of the American Republic</i>, which he co-wrote with <a href="/wiki/Henry_Steele_Commager" title="Henry Steele Commager">Henry Steele Commager</a> and later with Commager's student <a href="/wiki/William_E._Leuchtenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="William E. Leuchtenburg">William E. Leuchtenburg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-zimmerman_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmerman-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book originated as Morison's two-volume <i>Oxford History of the United States</i> (Oxford University Press, 1927). First published in 1930, the first two editions of the textbook, according to these critics, echoed the thesis of <i>American Negro Slavery</i> (1918) by <a href="/wiki/Ulrich_Bonnell_Phillips" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulrich Bonnell Phillips">Ulrich Bonnell Phillips</a>. This view, sometimes called the Phillips school of slavery historiography, was considered an authoritative interpretation of the history of American slavery during the first half of the twentieth century,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite the intense criticism by some African-American scholars for its alleged racist underpinnings. Phillips's theories remained authoritative, considered by many white scholars to be ground-breaking and progressive when first proposed. In 1944, the <a href="/wiki/NAACP" title="NAACP">NAACP</a> began its criticism of <i>The Growth of the American Republic</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1950, despite denying any racist intent (he noted his daughter's marriage to the son of <a href="/wiki/Joel_Elias_Spingarn" title="Joel Elias Spingarn">Joel Elias Spingarn</a>, the second president of the NAACP), Morison reluctantly agreed to most of the demanded changes.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morison refused to eliminate references to slaves who were loyal and devoted to their masters because they were treated well and to some positive "civilizing" effects of the American system of slavery. Morison also refused to remove references to <a href="/wiki/Stereotypes_of_African_Americans" title="Stereotypes of African Americans">stereotypes of African Americans</a> that he believed were vital in accurately depicting the racist nature of American culture in the 19th and the early 20th centuries, an era during which even the most enlightened progressive thinkers routinely explained many aspects of human behavior as a result of innate racial or ethnic characteristics.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1962 edition of the textbook, Morison removed additional content that his critics had found to be offensive.<sup id="cite_ref-zimmerman_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-zimmerman-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Savo_Island">Battle of Savo Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Battle of Savo Island"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his semi-official account of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Savo_Island" title="Battle of Savo Island">Battle of Savo Island</a>, a disastrous defeat for the US Navy during World War II, Morison partly blamed the defeat on the failure of an Australian aircrew to inform the Americans of the approaching Japanese forces. Morison appears to have based that story on inaccurate information that has since been refuted. On October 21, 2014, the US Navy issued a letter of apology to the last surviving member of the <a href="/wiki/RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF">RAAF</a> Hudson crew, which had sighted and duly reported the approach of the Japanese Naval Task Force. The letter states that "RAdm. Morison's criticism was unwarranted."<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Honors and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Award ribbons</b> </p> <table style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="position:relative; width:106px; border:none; line-height:1.5em; display:-moz-inline-stack; display:inline-block; zoom:1; *display:inline;"><div style="position:relative; display:inline-block;"><div style="position: absolute; left: 43px; top: 5px; padding: 0;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%22V%22_device,_gold.svg" 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Commendation</a> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom" title="Presidential Medal of Freedom">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> (1964) </td></tr> <tr> <th>2nd Row </th> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/World_War_I_Victory_Medal_(United_States)" title="World War I Victory Medal (United States)">World War I Victory Medal</a> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/American_Campaign_Medal" title="American Campaign Medal">American Campaign Medal</a> </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/European-African-Middle_Eastern_Campaign_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal">European-African-Middle Eastern <br />Campaign Medal</a><br />with battle star </td></tr> <tr> <th>3rd Row </th> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal">Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal</a><br />with six battle stars </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II_Victory_Medal_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="World War II Victory Medal (United States)">World War II Victory Medal</a> </td> <td colspan="3">Officer, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Italian_Republic" title="Order of Merit of the Italian Republic">Order of Merit of the Italian Republic</a> (1961) </td></tr> <tr> <th>4th Row </th> <td colspan="3">Commander, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Rose_of_Finland" title="Order of the White Rose of Finland">Order of the White Rose of Finland</a> </td> <td colspan="3">Commander, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic" title="Order of Isabella the Catholic">Order of Isabella the Catholic</a> (1963) </td> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Liberation_Medal" title="Philippine Liberation Medal">Philippine Liberation Medal</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Other honors</b> </p> <ul><li>Member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> (1915)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Member of the <a href="/wiki/American_Philosophical_Society" title="American Philosophical Society">American Philosophical Society</a> (1937)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Honorary Member of the Massachusetts <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Cincinnati" title="Society of the Cincinnati">Society of the Cincinnati</a> (1938)</li> <li>Vuelo Panamericano Medal (Republic of Cuba) (1943)</li></ul> <p><b>Honorary degrees</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Hartford" class="mw-redirect" title="Trinity College, Hartford">Trinity College, Hartford</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amherst_College" title="Amherst College">Amherst College</a> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_College" title="Union College">Union College</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Williams_College" title="Williams College">Williams College</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucknell_University" title="Bucknell University">Bucknell University</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston_College" title="Boston College">Boston College</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="College of the Holy Cross">College of the Holy Cross</a> (1962)</li></ul> <p><b>Literary prizes</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loubat_Prize" title="Loubat Prize">Loubat Prize</a> (1938) for <i>The Founding of Harvard College</i> (1935) and <i>Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century (1936)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize" title="Pulitzer Prize">Pulitzer Prize</a> (1943) for <i>Admiral of the Ocean Sea</i> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bancroft_Prize" title="Bancroft Prize">Bancroft Prize</a> (1949) for <i>The Rising Sun in the Pacific</i> (1948)</li> <li>Pulitzer Prize (1960) for <i>John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography</i> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences" title="American Academy of Arts and Sciences">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a> <a href="/wiki/Emerson-Thoreau_Medal" title="Emerson-Thoreau Medal">Emerson-Thoreau Medal</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters_Gold_Medals" title="American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals">American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balzan_Prize" title="Balzan Prize">Balzan Prize</a> (1962) for <i>History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</i> (1963)<sup id="cite_ref-prizewinners_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prizewinners-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bancroft Prize (1972) for <i>The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages</i> (1971)</li></ul> <p><b>Memorial</b><br /> A <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Samuel_Eliot_Morison" title="Statue of Samuel Eliot Morison">statue of Morison</a> sits on the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Avenue_(Boston)" title="Commonwealth Avenue (Boston)">Commonwealth Avenue Mall</a> in Boston. On the base is engraved his advice to young writers: "Dream dreams and write them, aye, but live them first".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Eliot_Morison_bibliography" title="Samuel Eliot Morison bibliography">Samuel Eliot Morison bibliography</a></div> <p>Books by Morison (alphabetical): </p> <ul><li><i>Admiral of the Ocean Sea</i>. 2 vols. Boston: <a href="/wiki/Little,_Brown_and_Company" title="Little, Brown and Company">Little, Brown and Company</a>, 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>American Contributions to the Strategy of World War II</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, 1958.</li> <li><i>The Ancient Classics in a Modern Democracy</i>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1939.</li> <li><i>Builders of the Bay Colony</i>. Boston: <a href="/wiki/Houghton_Mifflin" class="mw-redirect" title="Houghton Mifflin">Houghton Mifflin</a>, 1930.</li> <li><i>By Land and By Sea</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf" title="Alfred A. Knopf">Knopf</a>, 1953.</li> <li><i>The Caribbean as Columbus Saw It</i>. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. (with Mauricio Obregon)</li> <li><i>Christopher Columbus, Mariner</i>. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1955.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Class Lives of Samuel Eliot and Nathaniel Homes Morison, Harvard 1839</i>. Boston: Privately printed, 1926.</li> <li><i>The Conservative American Revolution</i>. Washington, DC: Society of the Cincinnati, 1976.</li> <li><i>Doctor Morison's Farewell to the Colonial Society of Massachusetts</i>. Boston: <a href="/wiki/Merrymount_Press" title="Merrymount Press">Merrymount Press</a>, 1939.</li> <li><i>The European Discovery of America</i>. 2 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1971–1974.</li> <li><i>The Events of the Year MDCCCCXXXV</i>. Boston: Merrymount Press, 1936.</li> <li><i>The Founding of Harvard College</i>. Cambridge: <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>, 1935.</li> <li><i>Francis Parkman</i>. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1973.</li> <li><i>Freedom in Contemporary Society</i>. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1956.</li> <li><i>The Growth of the American Republic</i> 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1930.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Harrison Gray Otis, 1765–1848: The Urbane Federalist</i>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969.</li> <li><i>Harvard College in the Seventeenth Century</i>. 2 vols. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936.</li> <li><i>Harvard Guide to American History</i>. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1963. (with Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Frederick Merk, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr., and Paul Herman Buck)</li> <li><i>Historical Background for the Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary in 1930</i>. Boston: Massachusetts Bay Tercentenary, Inc., 1928, 1930.</li> <li><i>Historical Markers Erected by Massachusetts Bay Colony Tercentenary Commission</i>. Texts of Inscriptions As Revised By Samuel Eliot Morison. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1930.</li> <li><i>History As A Literary Art</i>. Boston: Old South Association, 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts</i>. Boston: Special Commission on Revision of the Constitution, 1963.</li> <li><i>A History of the Constitution of Massachusetts</i>. Boston: Wright & Potter, 1917.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/History_of_United_States_Naval_Operations_in_World_War_II_(series)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of United States Naval Operations in World War II (series)">History of United States Naval Operations in World War II</a></i>. 15 vols. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1947–1962.</li> <li><i>An Hour of American History: From Columbus to Coolidge</i>. Philadelphia: <a href="/wiki/J._B._Lippincott_%26_Co." title="J. B. Lippincott & Co.">J. B. Lippincott & Co.</a>, 1929.</li> <li><i>Introduction to Whaler Out of New Bedford</i>. New Bedford: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1962.</li> <li><i>John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography</i>. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Journals and other Documents Relating to the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus</i>. Edited and Translated by Samuel Eliot Morison with illustrations by <a href="/wiki/Lima_de_Freitas" title="Lima de Freitas">Lima de Freitas</a>. New York: First Editions Club; Heritage Press, 1963. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1990.</li> <li><i>Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis</i>. 2 vols. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Life in Washington a Century and a Half Ago</i>. Washington, DC: Cosmos Club, 1968.</li> <li><i>The Maritime History of Massachusetts, 1783–1860</i>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1921.</li> <li><i>Nathaniel Homes Morison</i>. Baltimore: Peabody Institute, 1957.</li> <li><i>A New and Fresh English Translation of the Letter of Columbus Announcing the Discovery of America</i>. Madrid: Graficas Yagues, 1959.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Of_Plymouth_Plantation" title="Of Plymouth Plantation">Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620–1647</a></i>. Editor. New York: Knopf, 1952.</li> <li><i>Old Bruin: Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, 1796–1858</i>. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1967.</li> <li><i>One Boy's Boston, 1887–1901</i>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1962.</li> <li><i>The Oxford History of the American People</i>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965.</li> <li><i>Oxford History of the United States</i>. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1927.</li> <li><i>The Pilgrim Fathers: Their Significance in History</i>. Boston: Merrymount Press, 1937.</li> <li><i>Portuguese Voyages to America in the Fifteenth Century</i>. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1940.</li> <li><i>A Prologue to American History: An Inaugural Lecture</i>. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922.</li> <li><i>The Proprietors of Peterborough, New Hampshire</i>. Peterborough: Historical Society, 1930.</li> <li><i>The Puritan Pronaos</i>. New York: New York University Press, 1936.</li> <li><i>Ropemakers of Plymouth</i>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950.</li> <li><i>Sailor Historian: The Best of Samuel Eliot Morison</i>. Edited by Emily Morison Beck. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977.</li> <li><i>Samuel de Champlain: Father of New France</i>. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1972.</li> <li><i>The Scholar in American: Past, Present, and Future</i>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1961.</li> <li><i>The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus</i>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1939.</li> <li><i>Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764–1788, and the Formation of the Federal Constitution</i>. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1923.</li> <li><i>Spring Tides</i>. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965.</li> <li><i>The Story of Mount Desert Island, Maine</i>. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1960.</li> <li><i>The Story of the 'Old Colony' of New Plymouth, 1620–1692</i>. New York: Knopf, 1956.</li> <li><i>Strategy and Compromise</i>. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958.</li> <li><i>These Forty Years</i>. Boston: Privately printed, 1948. (Address to the 40th Reunion, Harvard Class of 1908)</li> <li><i>Three Centuries of Harvard, 1636–1936</i>. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1936.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Two-Ocean_War" title="The Two-Ocean War">The Two-Ocean War</a></i>. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1963.</li> <li><i>Vistas of History</i>. New York: Knopf, 1964.</li> <li><i>William Hickling Prescott</i>. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1958.</li> <li><i>The Young Man Washington</i>. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Eliot_Morison&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"George B. 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Winks, eds. <i>Pastmasters: some essays on American historians</i> (Harper & Row, 1975).</li> <li>Keegan, John. <i>The Price of Admiralty: The Evolution of Naval Warfare</i>. New York: Viking, 1989.</li> <li>Kim, Hyun-Seung. "Historian Samuel Eliot Morison and Writing History of United States Naval Operations in World War II." <i>Strategy21</i> (2017): 53-82.</li></ul> <ul><li>Morison, Samuel Eliot. "The Gilberts & Marshalls" in <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bk8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA91">Life Magazine</a></i>, May 22, 1944.</li> <li>Pfitzer, Gregory M. <i>Samuel Eliot Morison's Historical World: In Quest of a New Parkman</i>. Boston: Northeastern, 1991.</li> <li>Taylor, P.A.M. "Samuel Eliot Morison, Historian" <i>Journal of American Studies</i> (1977) 11#1 13–26.</li> <li>Washburn, Wilcomb E. "Samuel Eliot Morison, Historian" <i>The William and Mary Quarterly</i>, 3rd Series, Vol. XXXVI, July 1979. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/1943380">in JSTOR</a></li> <li><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historians.org/info/AHA_History/semorison.htm">Faith of a Historian</a></i> Presidential address read at the annual dinner of the American Historical Association in Chicago on December 29, 1950. 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(1888)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Kendall_Adams" title="Charles Kendall Adams">Charles Kendall Adams</a> (1889)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Jay_(lawyer)" title="John Jay (lawyer)">John Jay</a> (1890)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Wirt_Henry" title="William Wirt Henry">William Wirt Henry</a> (1891)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Burrill_Angell" title="James Burrill Angell">James Burrill Angell</a> (1892–1893)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Adams" title="Henry Adams">Henry Adams</a> (1893–1894)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_F._Hoar" title="George F. Hoar">George F. Hoar</a> (1895)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Salter_Storrs" title="Richard Salter Storrs">Richard Salter Storrs</a> (1896)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Schouler" title="James Schouler">James Schouler</a> (1897)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Park_Fisher" title="George Park Fisher">George Park Fisher</a> (1898)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Ford_Rhodes" title="James Ford Rhodes">James Ford Rhodes</a> (1899)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Eggleston" title="Edward Eggleston">Edward Eggleston</a> (1900)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1901–1925</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Francis_Adams_Jr." title="Charles Francis Adams Jr.">Charles Francis Adams Jr.</a> (1901)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Thayer_Mahan" title="Alfred Thayer Mahan">Alfred Thayer Mahan</a> (1902)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Charles_Lea" title="Henry Charles Lea">Henry Charles Lea</a> (1903)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goldwin_Smith" title="Goldwin Smith">Goldwin Smith</a> (1904)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Bach_McMaster" title="John Bach McMaster">John Bach McMaster</a> (1905)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Simeon_E._Baldwin" title="Simeon E. Baldwin">Simeon E. Baldwin</a> (1906)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._Franklin_Jameson" title="J. Franklin Jameson">J. Franklin Jameson</a> (1907)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Burton_Adams" title="George Burton Adams">George Burton Adams</a> (1908)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Albert_Bushnell_Hart" title="Albert Bushnell Hart">Albert Bushnell Hart</a> (1909)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Jackson_Turner" title="Frederick Jackson Turner">Frederick Jackson Turner</a> (1910)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Milligan_Sloane" title="William Milligan Sloane">William Milligan Sloane</a> (1911)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt" title="Theodore Roosevelt">Theodore Roosevelt</a> (1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Archibald_Dunning" title="William Archibald Dunning">William Archibald Dunning</a> (1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_C._McLaughlin" title="Andrew C. McLaughlin">Andrew C. McLaughlin</a> (1914)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/H._Morse_Stephens" title="H. Morse Stephens">H. Morse Stephens</a> (1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Lincoln_Burr" title="George Lincoln Burr">George Lincoln Burr</a> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Worthington_C._Ford" title="Worthington C. Ford">Worthington C. Ford</a> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Roscoe_Thayer" title="William Roscoe Thayer">William Roscoe Thayer</a> (1918–1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Channing" title="Edward Channing">Edward Channing</a> (1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Jules_Jusserand" title="Jean Jules Jusserand">Jean Jules Jusserand</a> (1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Homer_Haskins" title="Charles Homer Haskins">Charles Homer Haskins</a> (1922)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Potts_Cheyney" title="Edward Potts Cheyney">Edward Potts Cheyney</a> (1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson" title="Woodrow Wilson">Woodrow Wilson</a> (1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_McLean_Andrews" title="Charles McLean Andrews">Charles McLean Andrews</a> (1924–1925)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1926–1950</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dana_Carleton_Munro" title="Dana Carleton Munro">Dana Carleton Munro</a> (1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Osborn_Taylor" title="Henry Osborn Taylor">Henry Osborn Taylor</a> (1927)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Henry_Breasted" title="James Henry Breasted">James Henry Breasted</a> (1928)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Harvey_Robinson" title="James Harvey Robinson">James Harvey Robinson</a> (1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Evarts_Boutell_Greene" title="Evarts Boutell Greene">Evarts Boutell Greene</a> (1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_L._Becker" title="Carl L. Becker">Carl L. Becker</a> (1931)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Eugene_Bolton" title="Herbert Eugene Bolton">Herbert Eugene Bolton</a> (1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Beard" title="Charles A. Beard">Charles A. Beard</a> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Dodd_(ambassador)" title="William Dodd (ambassador)">William Dodd</a> (1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Rostovtzeff" title="Michael Rostovtzeff">Michael Rostovtzeff</a> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Howard_McIlwain" title="Charles Howard McIlwain">Charles Howard McIlwain</a> (1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Guy_Stanton_Ford" title="Guy Stanton Ford">Guy Stanton Ford</a> (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laurence_M._Larson" title="Laurence M. Larson">Laurence M. Larson</a> (1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Scott_Ferguson" title="William Scott Ferguson">William Scott Ferguson</a> (1939)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Max_Farrand" title="Max Farrand">Max Farrand</a> (1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Westfall_Thompson" title="James Westfall Thompson">James Westfall Thompson</a> (1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_M._Schlesinger_Sr." title="Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr.">Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr.</a> (1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nellie_Neilson" title="Nellie Neilson">Nellie Neilson</a> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Linn_Westermann" title="William Linn Westermann">William Linn Westermann</a> (1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_J._H._Hayes" title="Carlton J. H. Hayes">Carlton J. H. Hayes</a> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Bradshaw_Fay" title="Sidney Bradshaw Fay">Sidney Bradshaw Fay</a> (1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Wertenbaker" title="Thomas J. Wertenbaker">Thomas J. Wertenbaker</a> (1947)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Scott_Latourette" title="Kenneth Scott Latourette">Kenneth Scott Latourette</a> (1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Conyers_Read" title="Conyers Read">Conyers Read</a> (1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Samuel Eliot Morison</a> (1950)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1951–1975</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Livingston_Schuyler" title="Robert Livingston Schuyler">Robert Livingston Schuyler</a> (1951)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_G._Randall" title="James G. Randall">James G. Randall</a> (1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_R._Gottschalk" title="Louis R. Gottschalk">Louis R. Gottschalk</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Merle_Curti" title="Merle Curti">Merle Curti</a> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Thorndike" title="Lynn Thorndike">Lynn Thorndike</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Perkins" title="Dexter Perkins">Dexter Perkins</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_L._Langer" title="William L. Langer">William L. Langer</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Prescott_Webb" title="Walter Prescott Webb">Walter Prescott Webb</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Nevins" title="Allan Nevins">Allan Nevins</a> (1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernadotte_Everly_Schmitt" title="Bernadotte Everly Schmitt">Bernadotte Everly Schmitt</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Flagg_Bemis" title="Samuel Flagg Bemis">Samuel Flagg Bemis</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Bridenbaugh" title="Carl Bridenbaugh">Carl Bridenbaugh</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crane_Brinton" title="Crane Brinton">Crane Brinton</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julian_P._Boyd" title="Julian P. Boyd">Julian P. Boyd</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederic_C._Lane" title="Frederic C. Lane">Frederic C. Lane</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Franklin_Nichols" title="Roy Franklin Nichols">Roy Franklin Nichols</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hajo_Holborn" title="Hajo Holborn">Hajo Holborn</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_King_Fairbank" title="John King Fairbank">John King Fairbank</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/C._Vann_Woodward" title="C. Vann Woodward">C. Vann Woodward</a> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Roswell_Palmer" title="Robert Roswell Palmer">Robert Roswell Palmer</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_M._Potter" title="David M. Potter">David M. Potter</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Strayer" title="Joseph Strayer">Joseph Strayer</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Cochran_(historian)" title="Thomas C. Cochran (historian)">Thomas C. Cochran</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Townsend_White_Jr." title="Lynn Townsend White Jr.">Lynn Townsend White Jr.</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lewis_Hanke" title="Lewis Hanke">Lewis Hanke</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Wright_(historian)" title="Gordon Wright (historian)">Gordon Wright</a> (1975)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_B._Morris" title="Richard B. Morris">Richard B. Morris</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gibson_(historian)" title="Charles Gibson (historian)">Charles Gibson</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_J._Bouwsma" class="mw-redirect" title="William J. Bouwsma">William J. Bouwsma</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Hope_Franklin" title="John Hope Franklin">John Hope Franklin</a> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_H._Pinkney" title="David H. Pinkney">David H. Pinkney</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Bailyn" title="Bernard Bailyn">Bernard Bailyn</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gordon_A._Craig" title="Gordon A. Craig">Gordon A. Craig</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_D._Curtin" title="Philip D. Curtin">Philip D. Curtin</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_S._Link" title="Arthur S. Link">Arthur S. Link</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_H._McNeill" title="William H. McNeill">William H. McNeill</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_N._Degler" title="Carl N. Degler">Carl N. Degler</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Natalie_Zemon_Davis" title="Natalie Zemon Davis">Natalie Zemon Davis</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Akira_Iriye" title="Akira Iriye">Akira Iriye</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louis_R._Harlan" title="Louis R. Harlan">Louis R. Harlan</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Herlihy" title="David Herlihy">David Herlihy</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Leuchtenburg" title="William Leuchtenburg">William Leuchtenburg</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Wakeman" title="Frederic Wakeman">Frederic Wakeman</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louise_A._Tilly" title="Louise A. Tilly">Louise A. Tilly</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Holt" title="Thomas C. Holt">Thomas C. Holt</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Coatsworth" title="John Henry Coatsworth">John Henry Coatsworth</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Walker_Bynum" title="Caroline Walker Bynum">Caroline Walker Bynum</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Appleby" title="Joyce Appleby">Joyce Appleby</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_C._Miller" title="Joseph C. Miller">Joseph C. Miller</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Darnton" title="Robert Darnton">Robert Darnton</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Foner" title="Eric Foner">Eric Foner</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wm._Roger_Louis" title="Wm. Roger Louis">Wm. Roger Louis</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lynn_Hunt" title="Lynn Hunt">Lynn Hunt</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_M._McPherson" title="James M. McPherson">James M. McPherson</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_D._Spence" title="Jonathan D. Spence">Jonathan D. Spence</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_J._Sheehan" title="James J. Sheehan">James J. Sheehan</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Linda_K._Kerber" title="Linda K. Kerber">Linda K. Kerber</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Weinstein_(historian)" title="Barbara Weinstein (historian)">Barbara Weinstein</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gabrielle_M._Spiegel" title="Gabrielle M. Spiegel">Gabrielle M. Spiegel</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Thatcher_Ulrich" title="Laurel Thatcher Ulrich">Laurel Thatcher Ulrich</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_D._Metcalf" title="Barbara D. Metcalf">Barbara D. Metcalf</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Grafton" title="Anthony Grafton">Anthony Grafton</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Cronon" title="William Cronon">William Cronon</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Pomeranz" title="Kenneth Pomeranz">Kenneth Pomeranz</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jan_E._Goldstein" title="Jan E. Goldstein">Jan E. Goldstein</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vicki_L._Ruiz" title="Vicki L. Ruiz">Vicki L. Ruiz</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Manning_(historian)" title="Patrick Manning (historian)">Patrick Manning</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tyler_E._Stovall" title="Tyler E. Stovall">Tyler E. 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Sweet</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Wallace_Muir_Jr." title="Edward Wallace Muir Jr.">Edward Muir</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Thavolia_Glymph" title="Thavolia Glymph">Thavolia Glymph</a></i> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography_or_Autobiography_(1926–1950)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapsedo navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1926%E2%80%931950" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1926–1950"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1926%E2%80%931950" title="Template talk:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1926–1950"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1926%E2%80%931950" title="Special:EditPage/Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1926–1950"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography_or_Autobiography_(1926–1950)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography_or_Autobiography" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography">Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography</a> (1926–1950)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Cushing" title="Harvey Cushing">Harvey Cushing</a> (1926)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emory_Holloway" title="Emory Holloway">Emory Holloway</a> (1927)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward_Russell" title="Charles Edward Russell">Charles Edward Russell</a> (1928)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burton_J._Hendrick" title="Burton J. Hendrick">Burton J. Hendrick</a> (1929)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marquis_James" title="Marquis James">Marquis James</a> (1930)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_James_(biographer)" title="Henry James (biographer)">Henry James</a> (1931)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_F._Pringle" title="Henry F. Pringle">Henry F. Pringle</a> (1932)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Nevins" title="Allan Nevins">Allan Nevins</a> (1933)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Dennett" title="Tyler Dennett">Tyler Dennett</a> (1934)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Southall_Freeman" title="Douglas Southall Freeman">Douglas Southall Freeman</a> (1935)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Barton_Perry" title="Ralph Barton Perry">Ralph Barton Perry</a> (1936)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Nevins" title="Allan Nevins">Allan Nevins</a> (1937)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odell_Shepard" title="Odell Shepard">Odell Shepard</a>/<a href="/wiki/Marquis_James" title="Marquis James">Marquis James</a> (1938)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Van_Doren" title="Carl Van Doren">Carl Van Doren</a> (1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Stannard_Baker" title="Ray Stannard Baker">Ray Stannard Baker</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ola_Elizabeth_Winslow" title="Ola Elizabeth Winslow">Ola Elizabeth Winslow</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forrest_Wilson" title="Forrest Wilson">Forrest Wilson</a> (1942)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Samuel Eliot Morison</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carleton_Mabee" title="Carleton Mabee">Carleton Mabee</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russel_B._Nye" title="Russel B. Nye">Russel Blaine Nye</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linnie_Marsh_Wolfe" title="Linnie Marsh Wolfe">Linnie Marsh Wolfe</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Allen_White" title="William Allen White">William Allen White</a> (1947)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Clapp" title="Margaret Clapp">Margaret Clapp</a> (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Sherwood" title="Robert E. Sherwood">Robert E. Sherwood</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Flagg_Bemis" title="Samuel Flagg Bemis">Samuel Flagg Bemis</a> (1950)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulitzer_Prizes_(medal).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png/60px-Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png/90px-Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png/120px-Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2055" data-file-height="1101" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors">Complete list</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1917%E2%80%931925" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1917–1925">1917–1925</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1926%E2%80%931950" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1926–1950">1926–1950</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1951%E2%80%931975" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1951–1975">1951–1975</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1976%E2%80%932000" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1976–2000">1976–2000</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_2001%E2%80%932025" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 2001–2025">2001–2025</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography_or_Autobiography_(1951–1975)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1951%E2%80%931975" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1951–1975"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1951%E2%80%931975" title="Template talk:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1951–1975"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1951%E2%80%931975" title="Special:EditPage/Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1951–1975"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography_or_Autobiography_(1951–1975)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Biography_or_Autobiography" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography">Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography</a> (1951–1975)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Coit" title="Margaret Coit">Margaret Louise Coit</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merlo_J._Pusey" title="Merlo J. Pusey">Merlo J. Pusey</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_J._Mays" title="David J. Mays">David J. Mays</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh" title="Charles Lindbergh">Charles A. Lindbergh</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_S._White" title="William S. White">William S. White</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talbot_Hamlin" title="Talbot Hamlin">Talbot Faulkner Hamlin</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Southall_Freeman" title="Douglas Southall Freeman">Douglas Southall Freeman</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Alexander_Carroll" title="John Alexander Carroll">John Alexander Carroll</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mary_Wells_Ashworth" title="Mary Wells Ashworth">Mary Wells Ashworth</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Walworth" title="Arthur Walworth">Arthur Walworth</a> (1959)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Samuel Eliot Morison</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Herbert_Donald" title="David Herbert Donald">David Donald</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Edel" title="Leon Edel">Leon Edel</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Jackson_Bate" title="Walter Jackson Bate">Walter Jackson Bate</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Samuels" title="Ernest Samuels">Ernest Samuels</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_M._Schlesinger_Jr." title="Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.">Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Kaplan" title="Justin Kaplan">Justin Kaplan</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_F._Kennan" title="George F. Kennan">George Frost Kennan</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Lawrence_Reid" title="Benjamin Lawrence Reid">Benjamin Lawrence Reid</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Harry_Williams" title="T. Harry Williams">Thomas Harry Williams</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrance_Thompson" title="Lawrance Thompson">Lawrance Thompson</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Lash" title="Joseph P. Lash">Joseph P. Lash</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W._A._Swanberg" title="W. A. Swanberg">W. A. Swanberg</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Sheaffer" title="Louis Sheaffer">Louis Sheaffer</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Caro" title="Robert Caro">Robert Caro</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pulitzer_Prizes_(medal).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png/60px-Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="32" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png/90px-Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png/120px-Pulitzer_Prizes_%28medal%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2055" data-file-height="1101" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors">Complete list</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1917%E2%80%931925" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1917–1925">1917–1925</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1926%E2%80%931950" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1926–1950">1926–1950</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1951%E2%80%931975" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1951–1975">1951–1975</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_1976%E2%80%932000" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 1976–2000">1976–2000</a>)</li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Template:PulitzerPrize_BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors_2001%E2%80%932025" title="Template:PulitzerPrize BiographyorAutobiographyAuthors 2001–2025">2001–2025</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q982883#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div 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