| Joseph Frazier Wall | |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Education: | Grinnell College Harvard University (MA) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Occupation: | Historian |
| Spouse: | Beatrice Mills Wall |
| Children: | 3 |
| Awards: | Bancroft Prize (1971) |
Joseph Frazier Wall (July 10, 1920 in Des Moines, Iowa – October 9, 1995) was an American historian and professor of history at Grinnell College.[1]
He was born in Des Moines, and graduated from Grinnell College in 1941.[1] He gained an MA from Harvard University and a PhD from Columbia University. He joined Grinnell in 1947. He took a leave of absence in the late 1980s to be chairman of the History Department at the State University of New York in Albany. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1990.[1]
His biography of Andrew Carnegie won the Bancroft Prize in 1971,[1] and was recommended by Charlie Munger in his book Poor Charlie's Almanack. His biography on the Du Pont family was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.[2]
He married Beatrice Mills Wall (1918–2012); they had three children.[1]