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Merle Eugene Curti

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American historian (1897-1996)

United StatesWritersLived 1897 to 1996 · aged 98
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Merle Eugene Curti was an American progressive historian who influenced peace studies, intellectual history and social history, including by using cliometrics. D. dissertations and had a wide range of correspondents.

Awards 2

1944Pulitzer Prize for History
1929Guggenheim Fellowship

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Merle Eugene Curti was an American progressive historian who influenced peace studies, intellectual history and social history, including by using cliometrics. At Columbia University and for decades at the University of Wisconsin, Curti directed 86 finished Ph.D. dissertations and had a wide range of correspondents. He was known for his commitment to democracy, as well as the Turnerian thesis that social and economic forces shape American life, thought and character.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1897 to 1996 · aged 98
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