George Dangerfield

George Bubb Dangerfield ( born October 28, 1904 in Newbury, Berkshire, England; † December 26, 1986 in Santa Barbara, California ) was a native of Great Britain American historian and writer, especially through his book The Strange Death of Liberal England (1935 ) was announced in 1953 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for history for his book the Era of Good Feelings.

Life

After schooling Dangerfield graduated at Hertford College, University of Oxford and graduated in 1926 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) from.

He later immigrated to the United States, where he worked as a journalist before he was editor of the features section of the magazine Vanity Fair 1933-1935. At the same time he began his literary career as a writer of history textbooks and first published with Bengal Mutiny: Story of the Sepoy Rebellion (1933), a depiction of the Indian revolt of 1857, before he with The Strange Death of Liberal England ( 1935), his most famous book wrote.

After he had in 1943 acquired the U.S. citizenship, he served in World War II military service in the 102nd Infantry Division ( Ozark ) of the U.S. Army and was recently promoted to sergeant.

For his 1952 book, The Era of Good Feelings in 1953 he received both the Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize. Later, he wrote some more history reference books as well as a biography of the politician Robert R. Livingston. In 1968 he was appointed professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara ( UCSB ) and taught there until 1972. 1970 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to research in the UK.

Publications

• Bengal Mutiny: Story of the Sepoy Rebellion (1933 )
• The Strange Death of Liberal England (1935 )
• The Era of Good Feelings (1952 )
• Chancellor Robert R. Livingston of New York, 1746-1813 (1960 )
• The Awakening of American Nationalism, 1815-1828 (1965 )
• Victoria's Heir: The Education of a Prince ( 1972)
• The Damnable Question: A History of Anglo-Irish Relations (1976 )