Charles Fanning

Charles F. Fanning, Jr. is an American historian, and Irish American academic.

Life

He grew up in Norwood, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard College in 1964, with a master's in 1966, and from the University of Pennsylvania with a master's and doctoral degrees, in 1968 and 1972. He taught at Bridgewater State College, and at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1993 to 2007.^[1][2] He and his wife, Frances, live in Carbondale.^[3]

A Medal and Lecture in Irish Studies are named for him.^[4]

Awards

• 2004 Outstanding Scholar, Southern Illinois University Carbondale ^[5]
• 1989 American Book Award for The Exiles of Erin: Nineteenth-Century Irish-American Fiction
• 1979 Frederick Jackson Turner Award from the Organization of American Historians for Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: The Chicago Years

Bibliography

• Finley Peter Dunne and Mr. Dooley: The Chicago Years. University Press of Kentucky. 1978. ISBN 9780813113654.  (reprint 2008 ISBN 9781597404204)
• The woman of the house: some themes in Irish-American fiction. Irish Studies Program, Northeastern University. 1985. 
• Charles Fanning (1990). The Irish voice in America: 250 years of Irish-American fiction. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813117218. http://books.google.com/books?id=RDN6qCkrAxAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Fanning&ei=eEvvSqjwCo3-M9rliBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false.  (second edition 2000 ISBN 9780813109701 )

Editor

• James T. Farrell (2008). Charles Fanning. ed. The Face of Time. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252033100. 
• James T. Farrell (2008). Charles Fanning. ed. Father and Son. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252074950. 
• James T. Farrell (2008). Charles Fanning. ed. My Days of Anger. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252032707. 
• James T. Farrell (2007). Charles Fanning. ed. No Star Is Lost. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252074226. 
• James Thomas Farrell (2007). Charles Fanning. ed. A world I never made. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252074233. 
• John V. Kelleher (2002). Charles Fanning. ed. Selected writings of John V. Kelleher on Ireland and Irish America. SIU Press. ISBN 9780809324828. http://books.google.com/books?id=85i27ixA4DYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Fanning&ei=eEvvSqjwCo3-M9rliBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Charles Fanning, ed (2000). New perspectives on the Irish diaspora. SIU Press. ISBN 9780809323449. http://books.google.com/books?id=p07s4oueaPMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:Charles+inauthor:Fanning&ei=eEvvSqjwCo3-M9rliBA#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• James Thomas Farrell (1998). Charles Fanning. ed. Chicago stories. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252019814. 
• Charles Fanning, ed (1987). The Exiles of Erin: nineteenth-century Irish-American fiction. University of Notre Dame Press. ISBN 9780268009199. 
• Finley Peter Dunne (1987). Charles Fanning. ed. Mr. Dooley and the Chicago Irish: the autobiography of a nineteenth-century ethnic group. Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 9780813206509. 

References

1. ^ http://history.siuc.edu/faculty/facultyinfo.html
2. ^ http://news.siuc.edu/news/July07/072507amh7072.jsp
3. ^ http://news.siuc.edu/news/February04/022504kj4030.html
4. ^ http://news.siuc.edu/news/October09/100909amh9180.html
5. ^ http://news.siuc.edu/news/February04/022504kj4030.html

External links

• "IRISH VOICES", Perspectives, Spring 2004

Persondata
Name	Fanning, Charles
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death