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'''Edwin G. "Ted" Burrows''' (born 1943) is a Distinguished [[Professor]] of [[History]] at [[Brooklyn College]]. He is the co-author of the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning ''[[Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898]]'' and author of 2008's ''Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War,'' which won the 2009 [[Fraunces Tavern]] Museum Book Award. Burrows received his B.A. from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1964 and his Ph.D. from [[Columbia University]] in 1973, where he studied with [[Eric McKitrick]]. He has taught at Brooklyn College since 1973 where his course on the [[History of New York City]] remains one of the college's most popular offerings.<ref>{{cite web | title = Edwin G. Burrows: Broeklundian Professor of History | url = http://www.theglobalist.com/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=81 | accessdate = 2009-10-22 }}</ref> He currently resides in [[Northport, New York]] on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = DeWan | first = George | title = LONG ISLAND OUR PAST / LI to NY: Hey, You Owe Us | newspaper = [[Newsday]] | date = April 24, 2000 | url = http://www.newsday.com/news/long-island-our-past-li-to-ny-hey-you-owe-us-a-prize-winning-historian-points-out-where-the-city-would-be-without-the-suburb-1.299073 | accessdate = 2009-10-22}}</ref>

'''Edwin G.''' "'''Ted'''" '''Burrows''' (May 15, 1943<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-2o4Ywn4LJwC&dq=edwin+g+burrows+born+1943&pg=PA33 Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1917-2000 by Heinz Dietrich Fischer and Erika J. Fischer]</ref> – May 4, 2018) was a Distinguished [[Professor]] of [[History]] at [[Brooklyn College]]. He is the co-author of the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning ''[[Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898]]'' (1998), and author of ''Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War,'' (2008), which won the 2009 [[Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award]].

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Burrows received his BA from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1964, and his PhD from [[Columbia University]] in 1973, where he studied under [[Eric McKitrick]]. The same year, he began teaching at [[Brooklyn College]], where his course on the [[History of New York City]] was one of the college's most popular offerings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Edwin G. Burrows: Broeklundian Professor of History |url=http://www.theglobalist.com/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=81 |access-date=2009-10-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011015210/http://www.theglobalist.com/AuthorBiography.aspx?AuthorId=81 |archive-date=2009-10-11 }}</ref> He married [[M. Patricia Adamski]] in 1978 and they resided in [[Northport, New York]] on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = DeWan | first = George | title = LONG ISLAND OUR PAST / LI to NY: Hey, You Owe Us | newspaper = [[Newsday]] | date = April 24, 2000 | url = http://www.newsday.com/news/long-island-our-past-li-to-ny-hey-you-owe-us-a-prize-winning-historian-points-out-where-the-city-would-be-without-the-suburb-1.299073 | access-date = 2009-10-22}}</ref> Burrows died at the age of 74 in May 2018.<ref>[https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/edwin-burrows-dead-obituary-1.18423200 Edwin G. Burrows, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 74]</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://newbooksinhistory.com/?p=137 Interview] with Burrows on "New Books in History"
* [https://archive.today/20130129163511/http://newbooksinhistory.com/?p=137 Interview] with Burrows on "New Books in History"
* [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/282490-1 C-SPAN's BookTV]: Burrows talks about "Forgotten Patriots" at the National Archives, November 19, 2008.
* [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/282490-1 C-SPAN's BookTV]: Burrows talks about "Forgotten Patriots" at the National Archives, November 19, 2008.


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Latest revision as of 18:30, 18 June 2024

Edwin G. "Ted" Burrows (May 15, 1943[1] – May 4, 2018) was a Distinguished Professor of History at Brooklyn College. He is the co-author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (1998), and author of Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War, (2008), which won the 2009 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award.

Burrows received his BA from the University of Michigan in 1964, and his PhD from Columbia University in 1973, where he studied under Eric McKitrick. The same year, he began teaching at Brooklyn College, where his course on the History of New York City was one of the college's most popular offerings.[2] He married M. Patricia Adamski in 1978 and they resided in Northport, New York on Long Island.[3] Burrows died at the age of 74 in May 2018.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize Winners, 1917-2000 by Heinz Dietrich Fischer and Erika J. Fischer
  2. ^ "Edwin G. Burrows: Broeklundian Professor of History". Archived from the original on 2009-10-11. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  3. ^ DeWan, George (April 24, 2000). "LONG ISLAND OUR PAST / LI to NY: Hey, You Owe Us". Newsday. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  4. ^ Edwin G. Burrows, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, dies at 74
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  • Interview with Burrows on "New Books in History"
  • C-SPAN's BookTV: Burrows talks about "Forgotten Patriots" at the National Archives, November 19, 2008.


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