Daniel K. Richter
Encyclopedia
Life
He graduated from Columbia UniversityColumbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
with a Ph.D. He taught at Dickinson College
Dickinson College
Dickinson College is a private, residential liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Originally established as a Grammar School in 1773, Dickinson was chartered September 9, 1783, five days after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, making it the first college to be founded in the newly...
and the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
. He teaches at University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
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Awards
- 1993 Frederick Jackson Turner AwardFrederick Jackson Turner AwardThe Frederick Jackson Turner Award, is given each year by the Organization of American Historians for an author's first book on American history.It was started in 1959, by Mississippi Valley Historical Association, as the Prize Studies Award....
, Organization of American HistoriansOrganization of American HistoriansThe Organization of American Historians , formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. OAH's members in the U.S...
, for The Ordeal of the Longhouse - 1993 Ray Allen Billington AwardRay Allen Billington AwardThe Ray Allen Billington Prize is given biennially by the Organization of American Historians for the best book about American frontier history. The "American frontier" includes all of North America, all post-1492 pioneer experiences, and comparisons between these frontier experiences and others...
, Organization of American HistoriansOrganization of American HistoriansThe Organization of American Historians , formerly known as the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, is the largest professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of American history. OAH's members in the U.S...
, for The Ordeal of the Longhouse - 1994 Choice Outstanding Academic Book, for The Ordeal of the Longhouse
- 2001-02 Louis Gottschalk Prize in Eighteenth-Century History, for Facing East from Indian Country
- Pulitzer Prize finalist for Facing East from Indian Country
Works
- Whose Indian History? Daniel K. Richter The William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd Ser., Vol. 50, No. 2, Early American History: Its Past and Future. (Apr., 1993), pp. 379–393.