- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- E. Merton Coulter (1890-1981)
- Creator:
- Bailey, Fred Arthur
- Date of Original:
- 2003-04-01
- Subject:
- College teachers--Georgia--Athens
Historians--Georgia--Athens - People:
- Coulter, E. Merton (Ellis Merton), 1890-1981
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Ellis Merton Coulter, a University of Georgia professor and historian of the South, who helped shape the southern public's interpretation of its heritage in general and Georgia's in particular. He taught at the state's flagship university in Athens from 1919 to 1958 (serving as chair of the history department from 1940 until retirement), edited the Georgia Historical Quarterly for fifty years, and produced 26 books, 10 edited volumes, more than 100 articles, and numerous book reviews and newspaper columns. He was also a founding member of the Southern Historical Association, serving as its first president in 1934 and nurturing it throughout its early years. He studied at the University of North Carolina and the University of Wisconsin.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/e-merton-coulter-1890-1981/
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "E. Merton Coulter (1890-1981)," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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