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Sean Wilentz

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American historian (born 1951)

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Robert Sean Wilentz is an American historian who serves as the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1979. S. social, civic, and political history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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2015Berlin Prize
2006Bancroft Prize
1990Guggenheim Fellowship
1984Albert J. Beveridge Award

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Robert Sean Wilentz is an American historian who serves as the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1979. His primary research interests include U.S. social, civic, and political history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has written several award-winning books and articles, including The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln, which was awarded the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History.

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Born 1951 · age 75
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