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Nell Irvin Painter

American historian · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1942 · age 84

Nell Irvin Painter is an American historian notable for her works on United States Southern history of the nineteenth century. She is retired from Princeton University as the Edwards Professor of American History Emerita.

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1987Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book PrizeAward1986Candace AwardAward1981Guggenheim FellowshipAward1942Born2 August 1942

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Awards

Letitia Woods Brown Memorial Book Prize1987
Candace Award1986
Guggenheim Fellowship1981
Harvard Centennial Medal
Honorary Doctor of Yale University

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She has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and as president of the Southern Historical Association. She was appointed as chair of the MacDowell board of directors in 2020.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Living
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Born 1942 · age 84

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