Forrest McDonald

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Forrest McDonald was an influential American historian best known for his work on the U.S. Constitution, the American founding, and early American political and economic history.

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instanceOf American historian
human
academicDegree PhD in history
authorOf Alexander Hamilton: A Biography NERFINISHED
E Pluribus Unum: The Formation of the American Republic, 1776–1790 NERFINISHED
Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of the Constitution NERFINISHED
Recovering the Past: A Historian’s Memoir NERFINISHED
States’ Rights and the Union NERFINISHED
The American Presidency: An Intellectual History NERFINISHED
The Presidency of George Washington NERFINISHED
We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution NERFINISHED
awardReceived Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities NERFINISHED
National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart failure
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1927-01-07
dateOfDeath 2016-01-19
describedAs influential conservative historian of the American founding
doctoralAdvisor Fulmer Mood NERFINISHED
educatedAt University of Texas at Austin
employer University of Alabama NERFINISHED
era 20th-century historiography
21st-century historiography
familyName McDonald NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork American history
constitutional history
economic history
history
political history
genre non-fiction
givenName Forrest NERFINISHED
honorificTitle distinguished research professor
influencedBy Charles A. Beard NERFINISHED
movement republicanism scholarship in American history
name Forrest McDonald NERFINISHED
notableFor scholarship on the U.S. Constitution
studies of the American founding
work on early American political and economic history
notableIdea critique of Charles Beard’s economic interpretation of the Constitution
notableWork We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution NERFINISHED
occupation historian
placeOfBirth Orange, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of history at the University of Alabama
residence Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States NERFINISHED
spouse Ellen Shapiro McDonald NERFINISHED
writingLanguage English

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