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==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in 1941, he graduated from [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] and from [[Princeton University]].<ref>[https://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_old/PAW96-97/16-0604/0604book.html "Princeton University"].</ref> A Woodrow Wilson Scholar and Fulbright Scholar, he holds a master's degree from [[Harvard University]] and a Ph.D in Modern Intellectual History from [[New York University]], where his dissertation was advised by [[Frank Manuel]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/25/nyregion/from-a-pizza-by-land-to-fillet-of-beef-by-sea.html|title=From a Pizza by Land to Fillet of Beef by Sea|last=Pace|first=Eric|date=1983-05-25|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> He served during the [[Vietnam War]] as a U.S. Marine NCO in [[Morocco]] and marched against the war following his discharge in 1968.
Born in 1941, he graduated from [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] and from [[Princeton University]].<ref name=uchicago/> A Woodrow Wilson Scholar and Fulbright Scholar, he holds a master's degree and a Ph.D from [[New York University]].<ref name=w/>


In 1970, he began teaching at [[Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)|Saint Ann's School]] in Brooklyn, where he taught world history until retiring in 2016.<ref>[[Marcus Cunliffe]] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1984/01/22/the-best-form-of-government-the-end-of-kings-a-history-of-republics-and-republicans-by-william-r-everdell-free-press-370-pp-1995/323b80f3-3877-4d8d-b113-b05508e13657/ "The Best Form of Government THE END OF KINGS: A History of Republics and Republicans. By William R. Everdell. Free Press. 370 pp. $19.95."], ''[[Washington Post]]'', January 22, 1884.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&q=william+everdell+who's+who&pg=PA166|title=International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004|last=Publications|first=Europa|date=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9781857431797|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RvroCI_z7_8C&q=william+r.+everdell+saint+ann%27s+school&pg=PR7|title=Against Rousseau: On the State of Nature and On the Sovereignty of the People|last=Maistre|first=Joseph de|date=June 1, 1996|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=9780773566040|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/17/nyregion/classes-on-nuclear-war-move-into-curriculums.html|title=Classes on Nuclear War Move into Curriculums|last=Maeroff|first=Gene I.|date=1983-11-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In 1970, he began teaching at [[Saint Ann's School (Brooklyn)|Saint Ann's School]] in Brooklyn, where he taught world history until retiring in 2016.<ref>[[Marcus Cunliffe]] [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1984/01/22/the-best-form-of-government-the-end-of-kings-a-history-of-republics-and-republicans-by-william-r-everdell-free-press-370-pp-1995/323b80f3-3877-4d8d-b113-b05508e13657/ "The Best Form of Government THE END OF KINGS: A History of Republics and Republicans. By William R. Everdell. Free Press. 370 pp. $19.95."], ''[[Washington Post]]'', January 22, 1884.</ref><ref name=w>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phhhHT64kIMC&q=william+everdell+who's+who&pg=PA166|title=International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004|last=Publications|first=Europa|date=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9781857431797|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RvroCI_z7_8C&q=william+r.+everdell+saint+ann%27s+school&pg=PR7|title=Against Rousseau: On the State of Nature and On the Sovereignty of the People|last=Maistre|first=Joseph de|date=June 1, 1996|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=9780773566040|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/17/nyregion/classes-on-nuclear-war-move-into-curriculums.html|title=Classes on Nuclear War Move into Curriculums|last=Maeroff|first=Gene I.|date=1983-11-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
He has been a regular contributor to the ''[[New York Times]]'' Book Review,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/search/?action=click&contentCollection&region=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage|title=The New York Times - Search|website=www.NYTimes.com|access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref> and is the author of a number of books and articles on [[intellectual history]] and the [[history of ideas]]. One book, ''The End of Kings'' (1983, 2000) recaptures the historical definition of "republic" as a state not ruled by one person.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aha.confex.com/aha/2009/webprogram/Session2453.html|title=123rd Annual Meeting (January 2 - 5, 2009): Organization of History Teachers Book Talk|website=aha.confex.com|access-date=2018-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/13/books/about-books-and-authors.html|title=About Books and Authors|last=McDowell|first=Edwin|date=November 13, 1983|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/the-18th-brumaire-of-just-about-everybody-the-rise-of-authoritarian-strongmen-and-how-to-prevent-and-reverse-it/|title=The 18th Brumaire of Just About Everybody: the Rise of Authoritarian Strongmen and How to Prevent and Reverse It|website=CounterPunch.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> Another, ''[[The First Moderns]]'' (1997) redefines "Modernism" as the abandonment of the continuous in favor of the discrete in the arts and sciences that began in the West in 1872–1913.
He has been a regular contributor to the ''[[New York Times]]'' Book Review,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/search/?action=click&contentCollection&region=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage|title=The New York Times - Search|website=www.NYTimes.com|access-date=April 14, 2019}}</ref> and is the author of a number of books and articles on [[intellectual history]] and the [[history of ideas]]. One book, ''The End of Kings'' (1983, 2000) recaptures the historical definition of "republic" as a state not ruled by one person.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aha.confex.com/aha/2009/webprogram/Session2453.html|title=123rd Annual Meeting (January 2 - 5, 2009): Organization of History Teachers Book Talk|website=aha.confex.com|access-date=2018-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/13/books/about-books-and-authors.html|title=About Books and Authors|last=McDowell|first=Edwin|date=November 13, 1983|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/the-18th-brumaire-of-just-about-everybody-the-rise-of-authoritarian-strongmen-and-how-to-prevent-and-reverse-it/|title=The 18th Brumaire of Just About Everybody: the Rise of Authoritarian Strongmen and How to Prevent and Reverse It|website=CounterPunch.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> Another, ''[[The First Moderns]]'' (1997) redefines "Modernism" as the abandonment of the continuous in favor of the discrete in the arts and sciences that began in the West in 1872–1913.


He has also written on the teaching of history, and served on the Test Development Committee for the first Advanced Placement World History Exams.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/18/nyregion/on-education-moving-quickly-through-history.html|title=ON EDUCATION; Moving Quickly Through History|last=Winerip|first=Michael|date=June 18, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A member of the [[American Historical Association]], he has also served as the president of the affiliated Organization of History Teachers, and of the East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Barbara, who was for many years an administrator at Saint Ann's. His sons, Josh and Chris, were born in 1971 and 1974, respectively.
He has also written on the teaching of history, and served on the Test Development Committee for the first Advanced Placement World History Exams.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/18/nyregion/on-education-moving-quickly-through-history.html|title=ON EDUCATION; Moving Quickly Through History|last=Winerip|first=Michael|date=June 18, 2003|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-01-12|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A member of the [[American Historical Association]], he has also served as the president of the affiliated Organization of History Teachers, and of the East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.<ref name=uchicago>{{cite web |url=https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/author/E/enwiki/w/au5424605.html |title=About the Author: William R. Everdell |website=press.uchicago.edu |access-date=2021-06-12}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
* “The Rosières Movement, 1766-1789: A Clerical Precursor of the Revolutionary Cults” in ''French Historical Studies'' 9:1(1975)
* "The Rosières Movement, 1766-1789: A Clerical Precursor of the Revolutionary Cults", ''[[French Historical Studies]]'' 9:1, 1975
* ''The End of Kings: A History of Republics and Republicans'', The Free Press, 1983, (2nd edition, University of Chicago Press, 2000)
* ''The End of Kings: A History of Republics and Republicans'', The Free Press, 1983 (2nd edition, University of Chicago Press, 2000)
* ''Christian Apologetics in France, 1730-1790: The Roots of Romantic Religion'', Edwin Mellen Press, 1987.
* ''Christian Apologetics in France, 1730-1790: The Roots of Romantic Religion'', Edwin Mellen Press, 1987.
* "The Problem of Continuity and the Origins of Modernism: 1870-1913," ''History of European Ideas'', Pergamon Press, 1988.
* "The Problem of Continuity and the Origins of Modernism: 1870-1913," ''History of European Ideas'', Pergamon Press, 1988.
* “From State to Freestate: The Meaning of the Word Republic from Jean Bodin to John Adams” (7th ISECS, Budapest, 7/31/87) in ''Valley Forge Journal'', June, 1991 http://dhm.pdp6.org/archives/wre-republics.html
* "From State to Freestate: The Meaning of the Word Republic from Jean Bodin to John Adams" (7th ISECS, Budapest, 7/31/87) in ''Valley Forge Journal'', June, 1991 http://dhm.pdp6.org/archives/wre-republics.html
* “Complots, Côteries, Conspirations: L’origine de la ‘thèse Barruel’ dans le roman apologétique” (7/6/89) in ''L’Image de la Révolution française: Communications présentées lors du Congrès Mondial...'', vol III, Paris, 1989
* "Complots, Côteries, Conspirations: L'origine de la 'thèse Barruel' dans le roman apologétique" (7/6/89) in ''L'Image de la Révolution française: Communications présentées lors du Congrès Mondial...'', vol III, Paris, 1989
* “Monologues of the Mad: Paris Cabaret and Modernist Narrative from Twain to Eliot” (ISSEI, Aalborg, Denmark, 8/25/92) in ''Studies in American Fiction'', 20:2(Dec, 1992)
* "Monologues of the Mad: Paris Cabaret and Modernist Narrative from Twain to Eliot" (ISSEI, Aalborg, Denmark, 8/25/92) in ''Studies in American Fiction'', 20:2(Dec, 1992)
* [[The First Moderns|''The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth Century Thought'']], [[University of Chicago Press]], 1997. (Paperback Edition 1998)
* [[The First Moderns|''The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth Century Thought'']], [[University of Chicago Press]], 1997. (Paperback Edition 1998)
* “Modernism at 100”, ''Prometheus'' I:1(1998–99)
* "Modernism at 100", ''Prometheus'' I:1(1998–99)
* [https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/12/26/reviews/991226.26everdet.html Review of] [[Ann Taves|Taves]], ''Fits, Trances and Visions'' in ''New York Times Book Review'', (26 December 1999)
* [https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/12/26/reviews/991226.26everdet.html Review of] [[Ann Taves|Taves]], ''Fits, Trances and Visions'' in ''New York Times Book Review'', (26 December 1999)
* Review of Banfield, ''The Phantom Table: Woolf, Fry, Russell and the Epistemology of Modernism'', in ''Russell: Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies'', NS v21:1 (Summer 2001), p88
* Review of Banfield, ''The Phantom Table: Woolf, Fry, Russell and the Epistemology of Modernism'', in ''Russell: Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies'', NS v21:1 (Summer 2001), p88
* “How to Use the Theme of Technology in a World History Survey Course,” [[American Historical Association]], San Francisco, 5 January 2002, revised, in ''World History Connected''.
* "How to Use the Theme of Technology in a World History Survey Course", [[American Historical Association]], San Francisco, 5 January 2002, revised, in ''World History Connected''.
* “Enlightenment: A Rhetoric of Suspicion,” ''St. Ann’s Review'' 5:1(Winter/Spring, 2004), p22-33
* "Enlightenment: A Rhetoric of Suspicion", ''St. Ann's Review'' 5:1(Winter/Spring, 2004), p22-33
* “How Much Is That In Dollars? Teaching World Economic History Starting With What Students Most Want To Know” Organization of History Teachers/American Historical Association, Conference, DC, January, 2004
* "How Much Is That In Dollars? Teaching World Economic History Starting With What Students Most Want To Know", Organization of History Teachers/American Historical Association, Conference, DC, January, 2004
* “His Own Wikipedia Entry: Grooming and Maintaining One's Reputation As an Independent Scholar on the Internet's Margin of Entropy,” Verlag der bibliographischen Geister, 2006.
* ''The Evangelical Counter-Enlightenment: From Ecstasy to Fundamentalism in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in the 18th Century'', Springer, 2021.
* ''The Evangelical Counter-Enlightenment: From Ecstasy to Fundamentalism in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in the 18th Century'', Springer, 2021.


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==External links==
==External links==
* He has a brief blog at [http://commonwealthsman.blogspot.com/2006/02/republics-and-commonwealths.html Commenwealthsman.blogspot.com]
* [http://dhm.pdp6.org/archives/wre-republics.html From State to Free-State: The Meaning of the Word Republic from Jean Bodin to John Adams By William R. Everdell]
* [http://dhm.pdp6.org/archives/wre-republics.html From State to Free-State: The Meaning of the Word Republic from Jean Bodin to John Adams By William R. Everdell]


Revision as of 22:48, 12 June 2021

William Romeyn Everdell is an American teacher and author.[1]

Biography

Born in 1941, he graduated from St. Paul's School and from Princeton University.[2] A Woodrow Wilson Scholar and Fulbright Scholar, he holds a master's degree and a Ph.D from New York University.[3]

In 1970, he began teaching at Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, where he taught world history until retiring in 2016.[4][3][5][6] He has been a regular contributor to the New York Times Book Review,[7] and is the author of a number of books and articles on intellectual history and the history of ideas. One book, The End of Kings (1983, 2000) recaptures the historical definition of "republic" as a state not ruled by one person.[8][9][10] Another, The First Moderns (1997) redefines "Modernism" as the abandonment of the continuous in favor of the discrete in the arts and sciences that began in the West in 1872–1913.

He has also written on the teaching of history, and served on the Test Development Committee for the first Advanced Placement World History Exams.[11] A member of the American Historical Association, he has also served as the president of the affiliated Organization of History Teachers, and of the East-Central American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.[2]

Publications

  • "The Rosières Movement, 1766-1789: A Clerical Precursor of the Revolutionary Cults", French Historical Studies 9:1, 1975
  • The End of Kings: A History of Republics and Republicans, The Free Press, 1983 (2nd edition, University of Chicago Press, 2000)
  • Christian Apologetics in France, 1730-1790: The Roots of Romantic Religion, Edwin Mellen Press, 1987.
  • "The Problem of Continuity and the Origins of Modernism: 1870-1913," History of European Ideas, Pergamon Press, 1988.
  • "From State to Freestate: The Meaning of the Word Republic from Jean Bodin to John Adams" (7th ISECS, Budapest, 7/31/87) in Valley Forge Journal, June, 1991 http://dhm.pdp6.org/archives/wre-republics.html
  • "Complots, Côteries, Conspirations: L'origine de la 'thèse Barruel' dans le roman apologétique" (7/6/89) in L'Image de la Révolution française: Communications présentées lors du Congrès Mondial..., vol III, Paris, 1989
  • "Monologues of the Mad: Paris Cabaret and Modernist Narrative from Twain to Eliot" (ISSEI, Aalborg, Denmark, 8/25/92) in Studies in American Fiction, 20:2(Dec, 1992)
  • The First Moderns: Profiles in the Origins of Twentieth Century Thought, University of Chicago Press, 1997. (Paperback Edition 1998)
  • "Modernism at 100", Prometheus I:1(1998–99)
  • Review of Taves, Fits, Trances and Visions in New York Times Book Review, (26 December 1999)
  • Review of Banfield, The Phantom Table: Woolf, Fry, Russell and the Epistemology of Modernism, in Russell: Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies, NS v21:1 (Summer 2001), p88
  • "How to Use the Theme of Technology in a World History Survey Course", American Historical Association, San Francisco, 5 January 2002, revised, in World History Connected.
  • "Enlightenment: A Rhetoric of Suspicion", St. Ann's Review 5:1(Winter/Spring, 2004), p22-33
  • "How Much Is That In Dollars? Teaching World Economic History Starting With What Students Most Want To Know", Organization of History Teachers/American Historical Association, Conference, DC, January, 2004
  • The Evangelical Counter-Enlightenment: From Ecstasy to Fundamentalism in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in the 18th Century, Springer, 2021.

References

  1. ^ Fiske, Edward B. (April 24, 1983). "New Priority: Technological Literacy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "About the Author: William R. Everdell". press.uchicago.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Publications, Europa (2003). International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. Psychology Press. ISBN 9781857431797.
  4. ^ Marcus Cunliffe "The Best Form of Government THE END OF KINGS: A History of Republics and Republicans. By William R. Everdell. Free Press. 370 pp. $19.95.", Washington Post, January 22, 1884.
  5. ^ Maistre, Joseph de (June 1, 1996). Against Rousseau: On the State of Nature and On the Sovereignty of the People. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773566040.
  6. ^ Maeroff, Gene I. (November 17, 1983). "Classes on Nuclear War Move into Curriculums". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  7. ^ "The New York Times - Search". www.NYTimes.com. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
  8. ^ "123rd Annual Meeting (January 2 - 5, 2009): Organization of History Teachers Book Talk". aha.confex.com. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  9. ^ McDowell, Edwin (November 13, 1983). "About Books and Authors". The New York Times.
  10. ^ "The 18th Brumaire of Just About Everybody: the Rise of Authoritarian Strongmen and How to Prevent and Reverse It". CounterPunch.org. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  11. ^ Winerip, Michael (June 18, 2003). "ON EDUCATION; Moving Quickly Through History". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
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