Fred Albert Shannon
| Fred Albert Shannon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 12, 1893 Sedalia, Missouri |
| Died | 4 June 1963 (aged 70) |
| Resting place | Mount Hope Cemetery, Urbana, Illinois |
Fred Albert Shannon (February 12, 1893 – February 4, 1963) was an American historian and a Pulitzer Prize winner. He had many publications related to American history, and he won the 1929 Pulitzer Prize for History for The Organization and Administration of the Union Army, 1861-1865 (1928).
Fred Albert Shannon was born February 12, 1893, in Sedalia, Missouri, the son of Louis Tecumseh Shannon and Sarah Margaret (Sparks) Shannon. By 1900, his family was living in Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana. He completed a B.A degree at the Indiana State Teachers College and an M.A. degree at Indiana University in 1918.
He worked as a school teacher, and then became professor of history at Iowa Wesleyan College in 1919. Five years later, he completed a Ph.D. degree at the University of Iowa and became assistant professor of history at the Iowa State Teachers College.
In 1926, he moved to the Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science, where he was associate professor of history for several years. During this time, he also taught at Cornell College (1924) and Ohio State University (1929) in the summer session. From 1939 to 1961, he was professor of history at the University of Illinois and served many years as chairman of its history department.
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