RAdm Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976), USN historian

Samuel Eliot Morison, RAdm, USNR (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian, notable for producing scholarly works that were both authoritative and highly readable, an ability recognized with two Pulitzer Prizes. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2416x2981, 759 KB)Released photo of Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) File source: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2416x2981, 759 KB)Released photo of Samuel Eliot Morison (1887-1976) File source: http://www. ... The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... The United States Naval Reserve is the reserve component of the United States Navy. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-13, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...

Born in Boston, Massachusetts to John Holmes Morison (1856–1911) and Emily Marshall Eliot (1857–1925) and named for his grandfather Samuel Eliot, he attended Harvard University, acquiring a BA in 1908 and a Ph.D. in 1912. Although he taught at the University of California, Berkeley and Oxford University (1922–1925), he spent most of his 40-year career at Harvard, starting in 1915, chairing the title Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History in 1941, and retiring in 1955. He received the Balzan prize for history 1962 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964. Jump to: navigation, search City nickname: Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Location Location in Massachusetts Government Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas Menino (Dem) Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 89. ... Samuel Eliot (December 22, 1821-September 14, 1898) was a historian, educator, and public-minded citizen of Boston, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Jump to: navigation, search University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, The University of California, or simply Berkeley) is a public coeducational university situated east of the San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, California, overlooking the Golden Gate. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organisations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, culture, as well as for endeavours for peace and the brotherhood of man. ... The Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is one of the two highest civilian awards in the United States, considered the equivalent of the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Morison combined his personal interest in sailing with his professional activities when he chartered a boat and sailed to the various places that Christopher Columbus had supposedly visited. Jump to: navigation, search Wooden sailing boat Sailing is the skillful art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or smaller boat, across a body of water using wind as the source of power. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christopher Columbus (conjectural image) Christopher Columbus (1451more – 20 May 1506more) (Cristóbal Colón in Spanish, Cristoforo Colombo in Italian) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. ...

In 1942, he was appointed into the United States Naval Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander, for the purpose of developing first-hand knowledge of the war. The result was the unmatched History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, a work in 15 volumes that covered every aspect of the war, from strategic planning to individual exploits. For his efforts, the Navy rewarded Morison with the rank of Rear Admiral. The celebrated Britsh military historian Sir John Keegan has hailed Morison's official history one of the best ever written. One of his research assistants on that project, Henry Salomon, went on to conceive the epic NBC documentary series Victory at Sea. Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... The United States Naval Reserve is the reserve component of the United States Navy. ... In the Royal Navy, United States Navy and United States Coast Guard, a lieutenant commander (lieutenant-commander or Lt Cdr in the RN) is a commissioned officer superior to a lieutenant and inferior to a commander. ... The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II is a 15-volume account of the United States Navy in World War II, written by eminent historian Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Little, Brown between 1947 and 1962. ... Sir John Keegan (born 1934) is an English military historian specializing in 20th-century wars. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... A documentary is a work in a visual or auditory medium presenting political, scientific, social, or historical subjects in a factual and informative manner. ... Victory at Sea was a documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally aired by NBC in 26 half-hour segments on Sunday afternoons, starting October 26, 1952 and ending May 3, 1953. ...

The frigate, USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), was named in his honor. The USS McInerney (FFG 8), an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate. ... USS Samuel Eliot Morison (FFG-13), the seventh Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, was named for Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison (1887–1976), one of Americas most distinguished naval historians, who wrote more than 40 books on naval history. ...

Works

(Most of these have been reprinted and reissued numerous times.)

• The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis, Federalist, 1765–1848 (1913)
• The Oxford History of the United States (1927)
• The Growth of the American Republic (with Henry Steele Commager) (1930)
• Three Centuries of Harvard: 1636–1936 (Harvard University Press, 1936)
• Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus (1942)
• History of United States Naval Operations in World War II (1947–1962)
• Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620–1647 (ed.) (1952)
• John Paul Jones: A Sailor's Biography (Little, Brown, 1959)
• The Story of Mount Desert Island (1960)
• The Two-Ocean War (1963)
• The Oxford History of the American People (1965)
• Builders of the Bay Colony (1930)
• The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages (1971)
• Samuel De Champlain: Father of New France (1972)
• The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages (1974)
• A Concise History of the American Republic (with Henry Steele Commager and William E. Leuchtenberg) (1976)

Henry Steele Commager (October 25, 1902 - March 2, 1998) was a noted American historian who wrote (or edited) over forty books and over 700 journalistic essays and reviews, and taught at New York University, Columbia, and Amherst College. ... The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ... The History of United States Naval Operations in World War II is a 15-volume account of the United States Navy in World War II, written by eminent historian Samuel Eliot Morison and published by Little, Brown between 1947 and 1962. ... The Two Ocean War by U.S. naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison, is a short version of his multi-volume History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. This one-volume book is quite similar to the longer version. ... Henry Steele Commager (October 25, 1902 - March 2, 1998) was a noted American historian who wrote (or edited) over forty books and over 700 journalistic essays and reviews, and taught at New York University, Columbia, and Amherst College. ...

External link

• Presidential address to the AHA, 1950