Robert Roswell Palmer

Robert Roswell Palmer ( born January 11, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, † June 11, 2002 in Newtown, Pennsylvania ) was an American historian.

Palmer studied with Louis Gottschalk at the University of Chicago, at the 1931, he earned his bachelor 's degree and at Cornell University, where he received his doctorate in 1934 at Carl L. Becker. His dissertation topic was the French reception of American independence on the eve of the French Revolution. In 1936 he became instructor and later professor at Princeton University. 1963 to 1966 he was dean at Washington University and then a professor at Yale University. In 1977 he retired and was a visiting scientist at the Institute for Advanced Study

He has been a visiting professor at Berkeley, Chicago, Colorado and Michigan.

Palmer was a specialist in the French Revolution and is considered a pioneer of an extended Transatlantic historical consideration of the Revolution (Atlantic History). In particular he is known, however, for his first time in 1950 published textbook A History of the Modern World, which reached a total circulation of almost 2 million copies to date Schools and Colleges is used in history lessons of numerous American High. His two-volume overview presentation of the revolutionary events of the 18th century on both sides of the Atlantic, The Age of the Democratic Revolution ( 1959-1964 ) is regarded as a standard work.

1990 Palmer was awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli International Prize.

He was married to Esther Howard since 1942 and had three children. His son Stanley Palmer is professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington.

In 1970 he was president of the American Historical Association in 1961 and the Society for French Historical Studies.

Writings

  • Catholics and Unbelievers in 18th Century France. Princeton University Press, 1939.
  • Twelve Who Ruled. Princeton University Press, 1941.
  • A History of the Modern World. Knopf, New York 1950, 9th Edition 2002 ( since the 2nd edition with Joel Colton )
  • The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800. Volume I: The Challenge. Princeton University Press, 1959 ( Volume 1 was awarded the Bancroft Prize )
  • The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800. Volume II: The Struggle. Princeton University Press 1964.
  • The World of the French Revolution. Harper & Row, New York 1971.
  • (Ed.): The School of the French Revolution: A Documentary History of the College of Louis -le- Grand and its Director, Jean -François Champagne, 1762-1814. Princeton University Press, 1975.
  • The Improvement of Humanity: Education and the French Revolution. Princeton University Press, 1985.
  • Two Tocqueville: Father and Son Princeton University Press, 1987.
  • (Ed.): From Jacobin to Liberal: Marc- Antoine Jullien, 1775-1848. Princeton University Press, 1993
  • The School of the French Revolution: A Documentary History of The College of Louis -le- Grand and Its director, Jean -François Champagne ( 1975)
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