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Webb, Robert Kiefer was born on November 23, 1922 in Toledo. Son of Charles Ellis and Melva Marie (Kiefer) Webb.
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The British Working Class Reader 1790-1848 Literacy and Social Tension
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000CHAQ5/?tag=2022091-20
- British Working Class Reader 1790 1848 Literacy and Social Tension (Reprints of economic classics)
- Harriet Martineau: a Radical Victorian (Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in ...)
Robert Kiefer Webb
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Robert Kiefer Webb, Spanish history educator. Fulbright scholar, 1950-1951; Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960, 73-74, American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1966-1967; National Endowment of the Humanities research grantee, 1978-1980, 85-88. Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member of Cosmos (Washington).
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1947; A.M., Columbia University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1951; postgraduate, London School Economics, 1949-1951.
Career
Instructor history, Wesleyan University, 1951-1953;
from assistant professor to professor of history, Columbia University, 1953-1970;
editor, American History Review, Washington, 1968-1975;
professor of history, U. Maryland. Baltimore County, 1975-1989;
Presidential Research professor, U. Maryland. Baltimore County, 1989-1993;
acting vice-chancellor for academic affairs, U. Maryland.
Baltimore County, 1978-1979;
professor emeritus, U. Maryland. Baltimore County, since 1993. Visiting professorial fellow Victorian Studies Center U. Leicester, England, 1967.
Member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1982-1983. Visiting fellow Australian National U., 1986, Humanities Research Center Australian National U., 1996. Fellow Center for History of Freedom, Washington University, 1988.
Associate fellow Harris Manchester College Oxford, England, since 1988. Sorenson research fellow St. Catherine's College Oxford, 1992. Honorary fellow Australian Academy Humanities, since 1995.
Achievements
Works
book
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Harriet Martineau: a Radical Victorian
(Hardback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in ...)
- British Working Class Reader 1790 1848 Literacy and Social Tension (Reprints of economic classics)
- The British Working Class Reader 1790-1848 Literacy and Social Tension
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Harriet Martineau: a Radical Victorian
Membership
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member of Cosmos (Washington).
Connections
Married Patty Bradburn Shull, December 28, 1957. Children: Emily, Margaret.
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Political Party
Democrat
Education
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1947
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1948
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1951
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1951
Career
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1951 - 1953
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1953 - 1970
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1968 - 1975
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1978 - 1979
Awards
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Fulbright scholar, 1950-1951. Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960, 73-74, American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1966-1967. National Endowment of the Humanities research grantee, 1978-1980, 85-88.Fulbright scholar, 1950-1951. Guggenheim fellow, 1959-1960, 73-74, American Council Learned Societies fellow, 1966-1967. National Endowment of the Humanities research grantee, 1978-1980, 85-88.