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Philip D. Morgan
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| Born | 1949 (age 75–76) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University College London University of Cambridge |
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| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University College of William & Mary |
Philip D. Morgan (born 1949) is a British historian. He is an expert in the history of early modern British colonies in America. He also studies the history of slavery in North and South America. In 1999, he won two major awards, the Bancroft Prize and the Frederick Douglass Prize. He received these for his important book, Slave Counterpoint: Black Culture in the Eighteenth-Century Chesapeake and Lowcountry, published in 1998.
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About Philip D. Morgan
Philip D. Morgan was born in England in 1949. He went to Cambridge University and later earned his PhD from University College London.
Teaching and Research
Morgan has taught history at several well-known universities. He taught at the College of William and Mary. He also worked as an editor for the William and Mary Quarterly from 1997 to 2000. This is a respected history journal.
Currently, he teaches at Johns Hopkins University. There, he holds a special position as the Harry C. Black Professor of History. During the 2011-2012 school year, he was a visiting professor at Oxford University. This special role is called the Harmsworth Professorship of American History.
Major Awards and Achievements
Philip D. Morgan has received many honors for his work, especially for his book Slave Counterpoint (1998). This book explores the culture of enslaved people in the 1700s.
Key Prizes for Slave Counterpoint
- In 1998, he won the Albert J. Beveridge Award and the Wesley Logan Prize from the American Historical Association.
- In 1999, he received several important awards:
- The Bancroft Prize, which is one of the most respected awards for books on American history.
- The very first Frederick Douglass Prize. He shared this award with another historian, Ira Berlin. This prize is given by the Gilder Lehrman Center at Yale University for studies on slavery.
- The Elliott Rudwick Prize from the Organization of American Historians.
- The South Carolina Historical Society Prize.
- The Library of Virginia Literary Nonfiction Award.
- The Frank L. and Harriet C. Owsley Prize from the Southern Historical Association.
- The Jacques Barzun Prize from the American Philosophical Society.
