Background
He was born in Ithaca, New New York
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William Bradford
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Education
Education: He received his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in 1928 and studied at Cambridge University. At Yale University he studied architecture (Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1932), and Tudor-Stuart English history (Doctor of Philosophy,1936).
Career
He died in North Haven, Connecticut. Wallace Notestein directed his dissertation, which was recognized as a pioneer study of government in Gloucestershire. The work received the distinguished John Addison Porter Prize for best work of scholarship in a given year.
Academic, research, and administrative appointments: Assistant in Research (history), Yale University, 1934-1935.
Instructor in history, Williams College, 1936-1941. Professor of history, University of Michigan, 1941-1970.
Chair of the Department. Fulbright lecturer at Oxford University, 1957-1958.
Professor of History, Yale University, January 1970-June 1976.
Visiting Lecturer, Yale College (Residential Colleges), 1978 2nd term-1979. Yale residential college fellow, Calhoun College, 1970-1979. Editor, Papers of Benjamin Franklin, January 1970 – 1985.
Achievements
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1936 John Addison Porter Prize, Yale University c.1938. 1900 Fund at Williams College for research on Gloucestershire. 1945. Henry Russel Award, University of Michigan, for his book, Star of Empire. 1965 Bancroft Prize for his Portrait of a General (the prize has been generally considered to be among the most prestigious awards in the field of American history writing).
Membership
A Member of the Institute for Advanced Studies, 1946.
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September 15, 1985 (aged 77)
Education
Awards
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1936 John Addison Porter Prize, Yale University c.1938. 1900 Fund at Williams College for research on Gloucestershire. 1945. Henry Russel Award, University of Michigan, for his book, Star of Empire. 1965 Bancroft Prize for his Portrait of a General (the prize has been generally considered to be among the most prestigious awards in the field of American history writing). The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas.1936 John Addison Porter Prize, Yale University c.1938. 1900 Fund at Williams College for research on Gloucestershire. 1945. Henry Russel Award, University of Michigan, for his book, Star of Empire. 1965 Bancroft Prize for his Portrait of a General (the prize has been generally considered to be among the most prestigious awards in the field of American history writing). The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas.