Robert V. Bruce

Robert Vance Bruce
Born(1923-12-19)December 19, 1923
Malden, Massachusetts, United States
DiedJanuary 15, 2008(2008-01-15) (aged 84)
Olympia, Washington
Alma materUniversity of New Hampshire (B.S.)
Boston University (M.A., PhD.)
AwardsGuggenheim Fellow (1957)
Huntington Library Fellow (1966)
President of the Lincoln Group of Boston (1969–74)
Fellow of the Society of American Historians (1974)
R. Gerald McMurtry Lecturer on Abraham Lincoln (1981)
Pulitzer Prize for History (1988)
Fortenbaugh Lecturer at Gettysburg College (1989)
Scientific career
FieldsHistory (American Civil War)
InstitutionsUniversity of Bridgeport
Lawrence Academy at Groton
Boston University
University of Wisconsin
Notes

Robert Vance Bruce (December 19, 1923 in Malden, Massachusetts – January 15, 2008 in Olympia, Washington)[1][6] was an American historian specializing in the American Civil War, who won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 (1987).[5] After serving in the Army during World War II, Bruce graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He received his Master of Arts in history and his Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University, where he was later a professor.[3][4][6] He also taught at the University of Bridgeport, Lawrence Academy at Groton, and the University of Wisconsin.[6] Bruce was also a lecturer at the Fortenbaugh Lecture at Gettysburg College.[7]

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