| Edward J. Cashin | |
| Other Names: | Brother Edward Lawrence |
| Birth Date: | 22 July 1927 |
| Birth Place: | United States of America |
| Education: | Boys Catholic High School Bachelors Degree from Marist College Masters Degree in History from Fordham University Ph.D. in History from Fordham University |
| Occupation: | Historian |
| Employer: | Augusta State University |
| Spouse: | Mary Ann Klug (1969-?) |
| Children: | 2 |
| Parents: | Margaret O'Leary Edward Cashin |
| Honours: | Governor's Award in the Humanities |
Edward J. Cashin (July 22, 1927– September 8, 2007) was an American historian. He was Professor emeritus of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Georgia History at Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia.[1] Cashin was the author of many books and numerous articles on the history of Georgia, especially Augusta, and the Southern frontier in the 18th century.
He was a native son of Augusta, Georgia, where he graduated from Boys Catholic High School in 1945.[2] He was a graduate of Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1952. He received his M.A. from Fordham University in New York. He received his Ph.D. in American History from Fordham in 1962. His doctoral dissertation was entitled "Thomas E. Watson and the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia." He was appointed Academic Vice-President of Marist College in 1963, while continuing teaching in the History Department there.
Cashin returned to his hometown as associate history professor at Augusta College (now Augusta University) in 1969. He was named a full professor in 1972. He became chairman of the department of history in 1975. He retired from Augusta State University in 1996 as professor emeritus. He then founded and became director of the Center for the Study of Georgia History at Augusta State University.
Cashin was known for his research, knowledge and historical writings. Through his biographies of people such as Scottish trader Lachlan McGillivray, "King's Ranger" Thomas Brown, and numerous other important figures, Cashin provided narratives which preserved knowledge of the central roles they had in Georgia's history.
Cashin died on September 8, 2007, in a hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. He had collapsed two days earlier while researching his next book.