John L. Thomas
John "Jack" Lovell Thomas (28 October 1926 – June 11, 2005) was the George L. Littlefield Professor of American History at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA.
John Lovell Thomas | |
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| Born | 28 October 1926 Portland, Maine |
| Died | (aged 78) Providence, Rhode Island |
| Nationality | American |
He entered Bowdoin College, Maine in 1944 to study history. He then taught for a year at Washington Academy, East Machias, Maine before enrolling for a year at Columbia University, New York, where he was awarded an M.A. degree in 1950. He then taught for four years at Barnard College, New York and for a further five at Brown University, where he received his Ph.D. After a further three years teaching at Harvard University he returned to Brown University as Littlefield Professor, remaining there until his retirement in 2002.[1]
He was awarded the 1964 Bancroft Prize for his biography of William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator. His other books include Alternative America and A Country in the Mind.[2] He benefitted from a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1966 and was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow in 1982.
He was married with one son and one daughter.
References
- "John Lovell Thomas, '48". Bowdoin College. June 11, 2005. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- Jacoby, Karl (Fall 2005). "In Memorial" (PDF). History Newsletter. Brown University Department of History. 19: 22–23. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 26, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.