Charles Capper (1944 – July 1, 2021) was an American historian known for his work on Transcendentalism and his biographies of Margaret Fuller.
Charles Capper | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 |
| Died | July 1, 2021 (aged 76–77) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Johns Hopkins University University of California, Berkeley |
| Awards | Bancroft Prize (1993) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Intellectual history |
| Institutions | Boston University (2001-) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1986-2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry May |
Life
editCapper graduated from Johns Hopkins University and UC Berkeley with an M.A. and Ph.D. in history. From 1986 until 2001, he was a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 2001 he has been Professor of History at Boston University.[1] In 1993, his first book, Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life, won the Bancroft Prize. Seven editions of his volume The American Intellectual Tradition, co-edited with David Hollinger, have been published.[2] In 2002, Capper co-founded the journal Modern Intellectual History with Nicholas Phillipson and Anthony J. La Vopa.[3] He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 1, 2021, from complications of Parkinson's disease.[4]
Awards
edit- 1993 Bancroft Prize
- 1994 Guggenheim Fellowship[5]
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
- National Humanities Center Fellowship
- Charles Warren Center Fellowship
Works
edit- Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life. Oxford University Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-19-509267-7.
- Charles Capper; Cristina Giorcelli, eds. (2007). Margaret Fuller: transatlantic crossings in a revolutionary age. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-22340-3.
- Charles Capper; Conrad Edick Wright, eds. (1999). Transient and Permanent: The Transcendentalist Movement in Its Contexts. Massachusetts Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-934909-76-1.
- David A. Hollinger; Charles Capper, eds. (2006). The American Intellectual Tradition (5th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-518339-9.
- Anthony J. La Vopa, Nicholas Phillipson, Charles Capper, eds. Modern Intellectual History. ISSN 1479-2443
References
edit- ^ "Boston University Department of History Faculty". Archived from the original on 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ David A. Hollinger and Charles Capper, eds., The American Intellectual Tradition: A Source Book (New York, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016).
- ^ David A. Hollinger, "Charles Capper, Romantic America, and Intellectual History," Modern Intellectual History (2018).
- ^ "Charles Capper, 1944-2021 | Society for US Intellectual History".
- ^ "Charles Capper - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
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