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Gordon S. Wood

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American historian (1933-2026)

United StatesWritersLived 1933 to 2026 · aged 92
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Gordon Stewart Wood was an American historian and academic who was a professor at Brown University. He was a recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992). His book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (1969) won the 1970 Bancroft Prize.

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2010National Humanities Medal
2010American History Book Prize
1993Pulitzer Prize for History
1992Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
1970Bancroft Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship

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John Lewis GaddisAlso won Bancroft PrizeRick AtkinsonAlso won American History Book PrizeTheda SkocpolAlso won Ralph Waldo Emerson AwardJim LehrerAlso won National Humanities MedalJon MeachamAlso won National Humanities MedalStanley KarnowAlso won Pulitzer Prize for History

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Gordon Stewart Wood was an American historian and academic who was a professor at Brown University. He was a recipient of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1992). His book The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (1969) won the 1970 Bancroft Prize. In 2010, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1933 to 2026 · aged 92
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