Richard Brandon Morris

Background

Morris, Richard Brandon was born on July 24, 1904 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Tillie (Rosenberg) Morris.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, City College of New York, 1924. AM, Columbia University, 1925. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1930.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), Columbia University, 1976. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rutgers University, 1976. Doctor of Humane Letters, Hebrew Union College, 1963.

Career

Instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, City College of New York, 1927-1947; professor, City College of New York, 1947-1949; visiting professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1946-1949; professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1949-1959; Gouverneur Morris professor of history, Columbia University, New York City, 1959-1973; Gourverneur Morris professor emeritus, Columbia University, New York City, 1973-1989; department chairman, Columbia University, New York City, 1959-1961; special lecturer, Columbia University, New York City, 1973-1976. Fulbright research scholar U. Paris, 1961-1962. Member Institute for Advanced Study, 1948.

Visiting professor Princeton University, 1948-1949, U. Hawaii, 1957. Bacon lecturer Boston University, 1965-1966. Anson G. Phelps lecturer New York University, 1965-1966.

Distinguished professor Free U. Berlin, 1969. Paley lecturer Hebrew U., Jerusalem, 1969. Lecturer Truman Foundation, 1970.

John A Burns professor of University Hawaii, 1976. Regional director Survey Federal Archives, 1936-1937. Member county Institute Early Am.History and Culture, 1959-1961, 65-67.

Achievements

• Richard Brandon Morris has been listed as a noteworthy colonial history educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • American Revolution Reconsidered

    (In this critical and provocative re-examination of the Am...)

  • Encyclopedia of American History: Seventh Edition

    (The seventh edition of the Encyclopedia of American Histo...)

  • Great Presidential Decisions State Papers That Changed The Coures Of History

    (This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)

  • Seven Who Shaped Our Destiny : The Founding Fathers As Revolutionaries

    (A series of biographical sketches of Franklin, Washington...)

  • The Life History of the United States. Volume 2: 1775-1789 (The Making of a Nation) (Volume 2)

    (A beautifully illustrated and interesting volume of the h...)

  • The Life History of the United States: The New World - Before 1775, Volume 1
  • The Making Of A Nation, Life History of the United States, Vol 2: 1775-89
  • Great Presidential Decisions: State Papers That Changed the Course of History from Washington to Reagan

    (Book by Morris, Richard Brandon, Morris, Jeffrey B.)

  • Fair Trial: Fourteen Who Stood Accused, from Anne Hutchinson to Alger Hiss

    (American Studies and History, Legal Studies)

  • The basic ideas of Alexander Hamilton
  • American Revolution Reconsidered (Torchbooks)

    (Originally published in 1917. This volume from the Cornel...)

  • The Life History of the United States, 12 vol. Set

    (Set of 12 hardcover books)

  • John Jay: The Making of a Revolutionary: Unpublished Papers, 1745-1780 - 1st Edition/1st Printing

    (A biography of John Jay)

  • The New World: the Life History of the United States Volume 1 Prehistory to 1774

    (A New World Vol. 1 hardcover)

  • SEVEN WHO SHAPED OUR DESTINY
  • Great Presidential Decisions: State Papers That Changed the Course of History (Perennial library)
  • Alexander Hamilton and the Founding of the Nation A self portrait of the boldest statesman of his time
  • Fair Trial: Fourteen Who Stood Accused From Anne Hutcheson...Alger His
  • John Jay The Nation And the Court
  • John Jay: The Nation and the Court
  • Great Presidential decisions : State papers that changed the course of history
  • Great Presidential Decisions

Membership

Director Civil Defense council City College of New York, 1941-1945. Public panel member Regional War Labor Board, 1945. Chairman New York City Mayor's Task force Municipal Archives, 1966-1973, American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1967-1969.

Chairman New York State Bicentennial Coordinating Council, 1975-1976. Vice chairman New York State Bicentennial Commission, 1977-1978. Delegate United States-Mexico Joint Commission on Cultural Cooperation, 1973-1975.

President board trustees John Jay Homestead, 1977-1989. Co-founder, co-chairman Project '87, 1977-1987. Fellow Royal History Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences.

Member American History Association (president 1976), Labor Historians (past president), Organization American Historians, Society of America Historians (vice president 1981), Massachusetts History Society (correspondent), American Antiquarian Society (correspondent), Century Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Berenice Robinson, June 12, 1932. Children: Jeffrey Brandon, Donald Robinson.

Father:

Jacob Morris

Mother:

Tillie (Rosenberg) Morris

Spouse:

Berenice Robinson

child:

Jeffrey Brandon Morris

child:

Donald Robinson Morris