T. Harry Williams
| T. Harry Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Thomas Harry Williams Illinois, USA |
| Died | July 6, 1979 (aged 70) Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Historian affiliated with Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1941-1979 |
| Genre | American Civil War; Huey P. Long, Jr. |
| Spouse | Second wife: Estelle Skolfield Williams (married, 1952-1979, his death) |
| Children | Mai Frances Lower Doles (born 1929) |
Thomas Harry Williams
May 19, 1909
Vinegar Hill Township
Thomas Harry Williams (May 19, 1909 – July 6, 1979) was an American historian who taught at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge from 1941 to 1979. A popular faculty member, he is perhaps best known for American Civil War study, Lincoln and His Generals (1952), a Book of the Month Club selection in 1952, and Huey Long (1969), a study of Louisiana politician Huey Pierce Long, Jr., 1970 winner of both the National Book Award in History and Biography and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Williams was born in Vinegar Hill Township, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, to William D. Williams and the former Emma Necollins. His father died when Williams was a small boy, and he was reared by an uncle and grandmother. He was educated in the schools of the village of Hazel Green, Wisconsin. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1931 from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville (then Platteville State College) in Platteville. He thereafter obtained his Master of Arts and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1932 and 1937, respectively, where he was under the influence of William B. Hesseltine. There he formed close friendships with Frank Freidel and Richard N. Current, with whom he later authored a standard U.S. history textbook dedicated to Hesseltine. He first instructed history in the extension division of UW from 1936 to 1938. He then accepted a professorship at the University of Omaha in Nebraska from 1938 to 1941. Then Williams relocated to LSU, where he was anchored as Boyd Professor for the remainder of his career.
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