History News Network

March 5, 2006

History Doyen: Robert V. Remini

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

April 2, 2006

History Doyen: Edmund S. Morgan

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

April 30, 2006

History Doyen: Bernard A. Weisberger

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

May 14, 2006

History Doyen: Alonzo L. Hamby

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

May 28, 2006

History Doyen: David Brion Davis

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

July 2, 2006

History Doyen: Winthrop D. Jordan

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

July 16, 2006

History Doyen: Harold M. Hyman

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

September 17, 2006

History Doyen: Stephan Thernstrom

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

October 8, 2006

History Doyen: Anne Firor Scott

by Bonnie Goodman

What she's famous for.

November 12, 2006

History Doyen: Kenneth M. Stampp

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

February 4, 2007

History Doyen: William Hardy McNeill

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

June 9, 2018

History Doyens

by Bonnie Goodman

This page features profiles of living historians over 65 years of age, who have had a profound impact on the study of history, and is meant to honor their life long dedication to the discipline.

September 2, 2007

History Doyen: Paul Samuel Boyer

by Bonnie Goodman

Paul Boyer, a U.S. cultural and intellectual historian (Ph.D., Harvard University, 1966) is Merle Curti Professor of History Emeritus and former director (1993-2001) of the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

March 29, 2009

History Doyen: John Hope Franklin, 1915-2009

by Bonnie Goodman

John Hope Franklin died at March 25, 2009 at the age of 94, Franklin was the doyen of African American history.

October 17, 2010

History Doyen: Eric Foner

by Bonnie Goodman

Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, is one of this country's most prominent historians.