Charles McLean Andrews | |
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Born | Wethersfield, Connecticut, U.S. | February 22, 1863
Died | September 9, 1943 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 80)
Occupation | Historian |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1888–1937 |
Subject | American History, Colonial History |
Charles McLean Andrews (February 22, 1863 – September 9, 1943) was an American historian, an authority on American colonial history.[1] He wrote 102 major scholarly articles and books, as well as over 360 book reviews, newspaper articles, and short items.[2] He is especially known as a leader of the "Imperial school" of historians who studied, and generally admired, the efficiency of the British Empire in the 18th century. Kross argues: