Phillip S. Paludan
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)Phillip Shaw Paludan | |
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| Born | January 26, 1938 |
| Died | August 1, 2007 |
| Occupation | Professor |
Phillip Shaw Paludan (January 26, 1938 – August 1, 2007) was a professor of Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, and a leading authority on the life and presidency of Abraham Lincoln.
He was born in
Rutgers University-Camden
and University College, Dublin, Ireland. During this period he wrote four books on Lincoln and the Civil War era: A Covenant With Death: The Constitution, Law, and Equality in the Civil War Era, (Illinois, 1975), Victims: True Story Civil War (1981), A People's Contest: The Union and Civil War 1861-1865 (Harper & Row, 1988), and The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln (Kansas, 1994).
He received the
Civil War Round Table. His numerous other awards include post doctoral fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Harvard Law School. He has also received a Diploma of Honor from Lincoln Memorial University
and an honorary doctorate from Lincoln College.
Paludan was named Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, in 2001. He died August 1, 2007, after a long illness in Springfield, Illinois.
References
- Obituary
- Phillip Shaw Paludan Memoir in the University of Illinois Springfield Oral History Collection
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