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| Born | Robert Sean Wilentz February 20, 1951 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA) Balliol College, Oxford (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, academic, professor, writer |
| Awards | Bancroft Prize (2006), Pulitzer Prize finalist (2006), Albert J. Beveridge Award (1984) |
Robert Sean Wilentz (/wɪˈlɛnts/; born February 20, 1951) is an American historian who serves as the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1979.[1] His primary research interests include U.S. social and political history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has written numerous award-winning books and articles including, most notably, The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
- ^ "Wilentz webpage at Princeton University, Department of History". Princeton.edu. Retrieved June 23, 2016.