Background
Watson, Harry L. was born on July 10, 1949 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of John D. and Susannah T. Watson.
Watson, Harry L. was born on July 10, 1949 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of John D. and Susannah T. Watson.
AB, Brown University, Providence, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1976.
Assistant professor history University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1976—1982, associate professor history, 1982—1990, professor history, since 1990, director, Center Study American South, since 1999.
Member of History Society North Carolina, Southern Intellectual History Association, Society Historians Early American Republic, Southern History Association, Organization American Historians, American History Association.
Married Margot B. Stein, July 3, 1977. Children: Adam S., Hannah S.