Background
Monaco, Chris was born on June 7, 1950 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Col. John Monaco and Marilyn Hermine Meeks.
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Chris Monaco, American historian, writer, documentary filmmaker. Achievements include discovery of the earliest and most important antislavery publication by an American Jew; identifying the earliest Jewish communal settlement in the United States, M. E. Levy's Pilgrimage Plantation (1822-1835). Monaco's latest book, "The 2nd Seminole War and the Limits of American Aggression" is recognized as the definitive work on this conflict.
Education
Bachelor, University of Florida, 1973. Master of Fine Arts, University of South Florida, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford Brookes University, 2007.
Career
Monaco has written three books and multiple articles in peer reviewed journals. His latest work centers on the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). Between 2010-12 Monaco served as co-principal investigator for a project funded by the American Battlefield Protection Program of the National Park Service. He was co-author, with Gary Ellis of Gulf Archaeology Research Institute in Crystal River, of a two volume report on the opening battles of the war in the area of Micanopy, Fl. Monaco was appointed as a courtesy professor of History at the University of Florida. Formerly he was a research associate at the Department of History, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK.
Achievements
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Chris Monaco has been listed as a notable historian and writer by Marquis Who's Who. He is a courtesy professor of History at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl. He has been credited with the discovery of Moses Levy's "Plan for the Abolition of Slavery" (1828) while at the British Library. This is the earliest and most important anti-slavery publication written by an American Jew.
Membership
Board member Plan Board, Micanopy, Florida, 1997—1999. Member of Southern Jewish History Society, Florida History Society, Organization of America Historians.
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Connections
Life partner Rose Widman.
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United States
Education
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1973
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1977
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2007
Awards
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Presidential Award of Distinction, Florida Historical Society, 2006; Outstanding Achievement Award, Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, 1999; Recipient Hampton Dunn Award, Florida Historical Society, 1998, Flori Award, Florida Filmmakers Festival, 1979, Beacon Award of Excellence, National Cable Television Advertising and Marketing, 1986-1987. Faculty-Staff Fellowship, University of South Florida, 1976-1977, Individual Artist Fellowship, Florida Fine Arts Council, 1978.Presidential Award of Distinction, Florida Historical Society, 2006; Outstanding Achievement Award, Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, 1999; Recipient Hampton Dunn Award, Florida Historical Society, 1998, Flori Award, Florida Filmmakers Festival, 1979, Beacon Award of Excellence, National Cable Television Advertising and Marketing, 1986-1987. Faculty-Staff Fellowship, University of South Florida, 1976-1977, Individual Artist Fellowship, Florida Fine Arts Council, 1978.