Paul Mellon Professor of American History
The Paul Mellon Professorship of American History is a senior professorship at the University of Cambridge. It was established in 1980 with funds from Paul Mellon family fortune and has been held by several notable American, British, and Canadian academics and public intellectuals since its creation.
The position is sufficiently endowed so as to be a permanent academic post at the University of Cambridge. The Paul Mellon Professor of American History serves both as a scholar and as a cross-cultural leader, advancing and deepening US-British academic and diplomatic connections. As of 2016, the Paul Mellon Professor of American History is held by Dr. Gary Gerstle at the University of Cambridge.
List of Paul Mellon Professors of American History
- 1982–1990 Charlotte Erickson[1]
- 1992–2014 Tony Badger
- 2014– Gary Gerstle[2]
References
- Harte, Negley (2008-07-16), "Professor Charlotte Erickson: Meticulous historian of migration", The Independent, retrieved 2009-03-28
- "Gary Gerstle will be the next Mellon Professor of American History". Faculty of History. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
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