| Gordon S. Wood Born: 27-Nov-1933
Birthplace: Concord, MA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Historian Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Creation of the American Republic Military service: USAF (1955-58, Lt.) Wife: Louise Goss (m. 30-Apr-1956, two daughters, one son)
Daughter: Amy
Son: Christopher
Daughter: Elizabeth
University: BA, Tufts University (1955)
University: AM, Harvard University (1959)
University: PhD, Harvard University (1964)
Teacher: Harvard University (1960-64)
Professor: Asst. Professor, College of William and Mary (1964-66)
Professor: Asst. Professor, Harvard University (1966-67)
Professor: Assoc. Professor, University of Michigan (1967-69)
Professor: Assoc. Professor, Brown University (1969-71)
Professor: History, Brown University (1971-)
Administrator: Chair, Dept. of History, Brown University (1983-86)
Administrator: Trustee, Tufts University (1992-2002)
American Antiquarian Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Historical Association
American Philosophical Society
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
American Studies Association
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Trustee (1993-2006)
Massachusetts Historical Society
National Council of History Education Trustee (1996-2006)
Organization of American Historians
Society of American Historians
Toppan Prize 1964
Bancroft Prize 1970
Guggenheim Fellowship (1980-81)
Pulitzer Prize for History 1993 for The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Author of books:
Representation in the American Revolution (1969, history)
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 (1969, history)
The Radicalism of the American Revolution (1991, history)
The American Revolution: A History (2002, history)
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (2004, biography)
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different (2006, biography)
The Purpose of the Past: Reflections on the Uses of History (2008, nonfiction)
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (2009, history)
The Idea of America: Reflections on the Birth of the United States (2011, history)
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