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David Brion Davis (February 16, 1927 – April 14, 2019) [1] was an American intellectual and cultural historian, and a leading authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. [2] He was a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, and founder and director of Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and ...
Apr 16, 2019 · David Brion Davis, seen in this undated portrait released by Yale University, died Sunday at the age of 92. The volumes of his seminal trilogy, The Problem of Slavery, won a Pulitzer Prize, a ...
Apr 15, 2019 · David Brion Davis was born in Denver on Feb. 16, 1927, to Martha (Wirt) Davis and Clyde Brion Davis. His mother was an artist and writer, his father a journalist and novelist.
Apr 15, 2019 · David Brion Davis, Sterling Professor of American History Emeritus and founding director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, died on April 14 of natural causes. He was 92. He was a renowned scholar of slavery and abolition, and the author of the acclaimed "The Problem of Slavery" trilogy.
Apr 16, 2019 · David Brion Davis, the celebrated historian whose works challenged the accepted wisdom about slavery, radically repositioning the brutal practice at the very heart of Western development, died ...
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Apr 16, 2019 · David Brion Davis, a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of an influential trilogy on slavery, has died at 92. Davis was awarded a National Humanities medal in 2014.
Apr 17, 2019 · Learn about the life and legacy of David Brion Davis, who passed away in 2019 at age 92. He was a renowned scholar of slavery, abolition, and American history, and co-founded the Gilder Lehrman Institute and Center.
