Background
Gregg Cantrell was born on June 20, 1958, in Sweetwater, Texas, United States. He is a son of Jimmy Ray Cantrell and Mary Lynn Cantrell.
400 Bizzell St, College Station, TX 77843, United States
In 1979, Cantrell graduated magna cum laude from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management. He continued his education at the same educational establishment, graduating with a Master of Business Administration degree in Management in 1980. Then, in 1988, Cantrell attained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in History from the same university.
400 Bizzell St, College Station, TX 77843, United States
In 1979, Cantrell graduated magna cum laude from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management. He continued his education at the same educational establishment, graduating with a Master of Business Administration degree in Management in 1980. Then, in 1988, Cantrell attained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in History from the same university.
(In this fascinating story of two nineteenth-century south...)
In this fascinating story of two nineteenth-century southern political mavericks, Gregg Cantrell details their fate as dissenters, telling a human story at once heroic and shameful, hopeful and tragic. The two mavericks were the slaveholding congressman and planter Kenneth Rayner of North Carolina and his illegitimate mulatto son, John B. Rayner of Texas.
https://www.amazon.com/Kenneth-Rayner-Limits-Southern-Dissent/dp/0252019377
1993
(Known as a daring pioneer and the "Father of Texas", Step...)
Known as a daring pioneer and the "Father of Texas", Stephen F. Austin has nevertheless remained an enigmatic hero. This book is the first major biography of Austin in more than seventy years, at last bringing into sharp focus his private life, motives, personality, character and skills he employed as a central player in events, leading to the Texas Revolution and the establishment of the Lone Star Republic.
https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-F-Austin-Empresario-Western/dp/0300076835/?tag=2022091-20
1999
(The past has long fingers into the present, but they are ...)
The past has long fingers into the present, but they are not just the fingers of fact. How we remember the past is at least as important as the objective facts of that past. The memories, used by a people to define itself, have to be understood not just as (sometimes) bad history, but also as historical artifacts themselves. Texas' pasts are examined in this groundbreaking volume, featuring chapters by a wide range of scholars. This work was edited by Gregg Cantrell and Elizabeth Hayes Turner.
https://www.amazon.com/Lone-Star-Pasts-History-Southwest/dp/158544569X
2006
("The History of Texas" is fully revised and updated in th...)
"The History of Texas" is fully revised and updated in this fifth edition to reflect the latest scholarship in its coverage of Texas history from the pre-Columbian era to the present.
https://www.amazon.com/History-Texas-Robert-Calvert/dp/1118617738
2014
Gregg Cantrell was born on June 20, 1958, in Sweetwater, Texas, United States. He is a son of Jimmy Ray Cantrell and Mary Lynn Cantrell.
In his early years, Gregg attended Abilene Cooper High School. In 1979, Cantrell graduated magna cum laude from Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Management. He continued his education at the same educational establishment, graduating with a Master of Business Administration degree in Management in 1980. Then, in 1988, Cantrell attained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in History from the same university.
In 1986, Gregg began his career as a lecturer at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, a post he held till 1987. In 1988, he was appointed an Assistant Professor of History at Sam Houston State University, a position Cantrell continued to hold till 1994, when he was promoted to the post of an Associate Professor of History at the same university. Gregg remained in that position until 1998.
Between 1996 and 1997, Gregg acted as a Summerlee Research Fellow at Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University. In 1998, he moved to Hardin-Simmons University, where he worked as the Rupert N. Richardson Professor of History until 2000.
During the period from 2000 till 2001, Gregg served as an Associate Professor of History at the University of North Texas. In 2001, he was appointed a Professor of History there, a position he held till 2003. Since 2003, Cantrell has been serving as a Professor of History and Erma and Ralph Lowe Chair in Texas History at Texas Christian University.
Also, during his career, Gregg spoke at different conferences, seminars and other events.
(In this fascinating story of two nineteenth-century south...)
1993("The History of Texas" is fully revised and updated in th...)
2014(The past has long fingers into the present, but they are ...)
2006(Known as a daring pioneer and the "Father of Texas", Step...)
1999(This work represents John B. Rayner's biography.)
2001Quotations: "I love my job at Texas Christian University and I love the life of a historian. My only complaint is that there aren't enough hours in every day to do everything I want to do. I take particular pleasure in working with graduate students, and it is my great privilege to have several outstanding master's and PhD students working under my direction."
Gregg is a member of the Texas State Historical Association, Southern Historical Association, Western History Association and Agricultural History Society. Gregg had the honor to serve as a president of the Texas State Historical Association between 2013 and 2014, and he is a member of the association's board of directors.
Gregg married Brenda Freeman in 1997. Their marriage produced two children - Calvin and Nolan.