Introduction

Phillip Hamilton (born 14 February 1961 in Toronto, Canada, though not Canadian) is the author of the book, The Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family. He is currently working on Serving the Old Dominion,a history of Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University, or CNU, is a public liberal arts university located in Newport News, Virginia, United States. CNU is the youngest comprehensive university in the Commonwealth of Virginia...

 a state university in Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

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Biography

Hamilton graduated from Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College

Gettysburg College is a private four-year liberal arts college founded in 1832, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, adjacent to the famous battlefield. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Bullets. Gettysburg College has about 2,700 students, with roughly equal numbers of men and women...

, then attended graduate school in history at Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...

, where he earned a Ph.D. He then moved to St. Peters, Missouri with his wife, Christina where he got a job there at Lindenwood University

Lindenwood University

Lindenwood University, often referred to as Lindenwood or LU, is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Saint Charles, Missouri, United States...

 They lived in St. Peters, Missouri and had two children, Thomas, born in 1993 and Jacob, born in 1997. They then moved to Newport News, Virginia

Newport News, Virginia

Newport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...

 where he got a job as a history professor at Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University

Christopher Newport University, or CNU, is a public liberal arts university located in Newport News, Virginia, United States. CNU is the youngest comprehensive university in the Commonwealth of Virginia...

. After seven years of writing, editing, and submitting, his book was finally published, The Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family. Afterwards, Paul S. Trible Jr., the president of CNU asked him to begin writing Serving the Old Dominion, a history of Christopher Newport University. He has recently received tenure.