Edmund S. Morgan

Edmund Sears Morgan (January 17, 1916 – July 8, 2013), an eminent authority on early American history, was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, where he taught from 1955 to 1986 and directed many PhD dissertations. He specialized in American colonial history, with some attention to English history, and was noted for his incisive writing style. He covered many topics, including Puritanism, politics, slavery, historiography and family life. Continue Reading »

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