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Frederic L. Paxson

Pulitzer Prize for History winner (1877-1948) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 71

Frederic Logan Paxson was an American historian. He also served as the President of Mississippi Valley Historical Association. He had undergraduate and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a master's from Harvard University.

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Pulitzer Prize for History1925

About this person

He taught at Wisconsin as a successor to Frederick Jackson Turner and the University of California-Berkeley from 1932 to 1947.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1948 · aged 71