- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- William Bacon Stevens (1815-1887)
- Creator:
- Groce, W. Todd
- Date of Original:
- 2004-06-15
- Subject:
- Scholars--Georgia
Historians--Georgia
Clergy--Georgia
Georgia Historical Society
Episcopalians--Georgia
Stevens, William Bacon, 1815-1887
Authors, American--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about William Bacon Stevens. William Bacon Stevens's A History of Georgia, published in 1847 (volume 1) and 1859 (volume 2), stands today as a monument to the man and the society of which he was a founder. "It was a scholarly work, far beyond any other history which had ever appeared in Georgia or in a majority of other states, and has not yet been superseded," wrote the eminent Georgia historian E. Merton Coulter in 1972. Yet at the time of its publication, Stevens's long-awaited book stirred a controversy among historians across Georgia--partly, no doubt, because a northerner had dared to write the first scholarly history of the Deep South state.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/william-bacon-stevens-1815-1887/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "William Bacon Stevens (1815-1887)," 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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