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Samuel Eliot Morison

1887 - 1976

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Samuel Eliot Morison (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and taught history at the university for 40 years. He won Pulitzer Prizes for Admiral of the Ocean Sea (1942), a biography of Christopher Columbus, and John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography (1959). In 1942, he was commissioned to write a history of United States naval operations in World War II, which was published in 15 volumes between 1947 and 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Eliot Morison is the 490th most popular historian (down from 478th in 2019), the 8,939th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,167th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Samuel Eliot Morison ranks 490 out of 561. Before him are Thomas Fuller, Lothrop Stoddard, Simon Janashia, Timofey Granovsky, Aleks Buda, and Stephen F. Cohen. After him are Michelle Perrot, Rainer Zitelmann, Frederic G. Kenyon, Thomas Walker Arnold, Alfred W. Crosby, and Robert Service.

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Among people born in 1887, Samuel Eliot Morison ranks 245. Before him are Kate Gillou, Arvo Ylppö, Arne Halse, Karl Johan Svensson, William Henry Dean, and Florence Price. After him are Erich Hecke, Karl Taylor Compton, Carl Ebert, Ahmet Haşim, Guðjón Samúelsson, and Felix Andries Vening Meinesz. Among people deceased in 1976, Samuel Eliot Morison ranks 227. Before him are Alfredo Porzio, Hisakichi Toyoda, Busby Berkeley, Camilo Ponce Enríquez, Muhammad Sakizli, and Lawrence Shields. After him are Ivan Borkovský, Alexandru Cuedan, Segundo Durandal, Florence Ballard, Károly Takács, and Gastone Darè.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Eliot Morison ranks 8,941 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Stanton (1965), Nancy Walker (1922), Arto Lindsay (1953), Charisma Carpenter (1970), Carlos Bernard (1962), and Bob Hite (1943). After him are Scott Gorham (1951), Sylvester Graham (1794), Albert Salmi (1928), Cornelius Warmerdam (1915), Brittany Andrews (1973), and Alessandro Nivola (1972).

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Among HISTORIANS In United States

Among historians born in United States, Samuel Eliot Morison ranks 37. Before him are Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), John King Fairbank (1907), Charles Homer Haskins (1870), Robert Jay Lifton (1926), Lothrop Stoddard (1883), and Stephen F. Cohen (1938). After him are Alfred W. Crosby (1931), Daniel Pipes (1949), American Horse (1840), Richard Taruskin (1945), Christopher Lasch (1932), and David Bordwell (1947).

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