William S. McFeely

William S. McFeely

William S. McFeely was a professor of history for decades before his retirement in 1997.

He received his B.A. from Amherst College and Ph.D. from Yale University. He taught for sixteen years at Mount Holyoke College before joining the University of Georgia in 1986. He retired in 1997, and was a fellow at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study during the 2006-2007 academic year.

Awards

*The Lincoln Prize for "Frederick Douglass" (based upon the life of Frederick Douglass).
*1982 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for "Grant: A Biography".
*Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1987)

elect scholarship

* "Proximity to Death" - 1999 (published by W. W. Norton)
* "Yankee Stepfather: General O.O. Howard and the Freedmen" - 1994 (published by W. W. Norton)
* "Sapelo's People: A Long Walk into Freedom" - 1994 (published by W. W. Norton)
* "Frederick Douglass" - 1991 (published by W. W. Norton)
* "Grant: A Biography" - 1982 (published by W. W. Norton)
* "The Life of Thomas Easkins" - 2002 (published by W. W. Norton)

ee also

* List of historians

External links

* [http://www.uga.edu/news/newsbureau/releases/1999releases/mcfeely.html Biography]


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