David R. Chesnutt Explained

David Rogers Chesnutt
Birth Date:1940
Birth Place:Athens, Alabama, United States
Death Date:December 15, 2014
Death Place:Hardwick, Vermont, United States
Known For:The Papers of Henry Laurens
Spouse:Elizabeth H. Dow

David Rogers Chesnutt (1940 – December 15, 2014) was an American historian and editor.

Life

Chesnutt was born in Athens, Alabama, and earned academic degrees at University of Alabama (1962), Auburn University (1967) and the University of Georgia (1973).[1]

Chesnutt was in the History Department at the University of South Carolina for 35 years as Research Professor. His major work was The Papers of Henry Laurens, serving as Associate Editor and then Editor. As part of that project he was influential in moving the scholarly editing project to digital technologies, which was ground-breaking at the time.[1]

For more than two decades Chesnutt served on the South Carolina Historical Records Advisory Board.[1] He was an important figure in the foundation and early development of the Text Encoding Initiative and active in the Association for Computers and the Humanities.[2] [3]

In 2005 Chesnutt was awarded the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's "highest civilian honor for extraordinary lifetime achievement and service to the state and nation".[4] [5] [6]

Chesnutt died in Hardwick, Vermont, on December 15, 2014, of throat cancer.[7] [8]

Awards

Selected works

volumes 5–10 edited by George C. Rogers and Chesnutt; volumes 11–16 edited by Chesnutt and C. James Taylor;

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEDIT-L archives - December 2014 (#7) . Listserv.umd.edu . 2014-12-15 . 2015-07-01.
  2. Web site: Syd Bauman-7 . tei-l - David R. Chesnutt . Tei-l.970651.n3.nabble.com . 2015-07-01 . 2015-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150702065445/http://tei-l.970651.n3.nabble.com/David-R-Chesnutt-td4026727.html . dead .
  3. Web site: Appendix G Prefatory Notes - The TEI Guidelines . Tei.oucs.ox.ac.uk . 2015-04-06 . 2015-07-01 . 2015-07-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150702130929/http://tei.oucs.ox.ac.uk/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/PREFS.html . dead .
  4. Web site: Order of the Palmetto Presented to David Chesnutt . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150213191615/http://shrab.palmettohistory.org/chesnutaward.htm . dead . 2015-02-13 . Shrab.palmettohistory.org . 2005-03-14 . 2015-07-01 .
  5. Web site: Remarks Delivered by David R. Chesnutt on being awarded the Governor's Order of the Palmetto . https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150213191835/http://shrab.palmettohistory.org/chesnuttremarks.htm . dead . 2015-02-13 . Shrab.palmettohistory.org . 2005-03-14 . 2015-07-01 .
  6. Web site: Haynie . Rachel . Henry Laurens scholar receives Order of the Palmetto | www.thecolumbiastar.com . Columbia Star . 2005-03-25 . 2015-07-01.
  7. Web site: David Rogers Chesnutt Obituary: View David Chesnutt's Obituary by The State . Legacy.com . 2015-07-01.
  8. Web site: David R. Chesnutt (1940-2014) – the ADE.
  9. Web site: Distinguished Service Award | The Association for Documentary Editing . Documentaryediting.org . 2015-07-01.
  10. Web site: Lyman H. Butterfield Award | The Association for Documentary Editing . Documentaryediting.org . 2015-07-01.
  11. Web site: Julian P. Boyd Award | The Association for Documentary Editing . Documentaryediting.org . 2015-07-01.
  12. Web site: The Papers of Henry Laurens . Sc.edu . 2004-01-01 . 2015-07-01.

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