- Leonard Levy
Leonard W. Levy (
April 9 ,1923 –August 24 ,2006 ) was the Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Professor of Humanities and Chairman of the Graduate Faculty of History atClaremont Graduate School , California. He was born inToronto, Ontario ,Canada .He was the author of "
Origins of the Fifth Amendment ", which won him the 1969Pulitzer Prize for History . He also wrote almost forty other books, such as "The Establishment Clause " and "Religion and the First Amendment ", and was editor-in-chief of the four-volume "Encyclopedia of The American Constitution " and "The Unpopular Ones ". He also wrote "" in 1963 with a paperback edition in 1973 with a preface discussing the criticism the book received for not being in praise of Jefferson and his thoughts and responses to these critics.Levy also wrote about the history of sedition in early American history. His "" (1960), and later update "
Emergence of a Free Press " (1985), argued that the majority of early Americans were accepting of prosecutions for sedition. This work argued against the prevailing assumption of the time, as put forth byZechariah Chafee .In 1990, Levy was appointed a Distinguished Scholar in Residence; Adjunct Professor of History and Political Science at
Southern Oregon State College inAshland, Oregon . [ [http://www.sou.edu/catalog/00-01/faculty.htm Southern Oregon University - Faculty ] ] He diedAugust 24 ,2006 in Ashland.References
External links
* Richard B. Bernstein, [http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/29603.html "Distinguished historian Leonard W. Levy dies at 83"]
* Ronald Collins, [http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=17336 "Famed First Amendment scholar Leonard W. Levy dies"]
* Adam Liptak, [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/01/obituaries/01levy.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin "Leonard Levy, 83, Expert on Constitutional History, Is Dead," NYT, Sept. 1, 2006]Persondata
NAME = Levy, Leonard W.
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DATE OF BIRTH =April 9 ,1923
PLACE OF BIRTH =Toronto ,Ontario ,Canada .
DATE OF DEATH =August 24 ,2006
PLACE OF DEATH = Ashland,Oregon
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