Potter, David Morris

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Name (Latin)
Potter, David Morris
Other forms of name
Potter, David M. (David Morris)
Date of birth
1910-12-06
Date of death
1971-02-18
Field of activity
History
Occupation
College teachers
Historians
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
1910-1971
B.A., M.A.
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 107019048
Wikidata: Q526331
Library of congress: n 50019840
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, Sept. 30, 2018(David M. Potter; David Morris Potter (December 6, 1910 in Augusta, Georgia - February 18, 1971) was an American historian of the South. In 1942 Yale published his dissertation as Lincoln and His Party in the Secession Crisis and hired him as an assistant professor. Professor of history at Yale University in 1942-1961 and Coe Professor of American History at Stanford University in 1961-1971)
  • His Lincoln and his party, 1942.
  • His Lincoln and his party in the secession crisis, 1995:CIP t.p.(David M. Potter)

Wikipedia description:

David Morris Potter (December 6, 1910 – February 18, 1971) was an American historian specializing in the study of the lead up to the American Civil War, especially the political factors involved. His best known book is The Impending Crisis, 1848–1861, which was completed and edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher and published posthumously in 1976; it won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for History.

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