Robert M. Crunden Explained

Robert M. Crunden
Birth Date:December 23, 1940
Birth Place:Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Death Date:March 23, 1999
Death Place:Austin, Texas, U.S.
Doctoral Advisor:Frank Freidel
Doctoral Students:Maria Cristina Garcia
Workplaces:University of Texas at Austin
Occupation:Historian
Children:3 daughters

Robert Morse Crunden (December 23, 1940 - March 23, 1999) was an American historian. He was a professor of American studies and history at the University of Texas at Austin, and the author of many books.

Early life

Crunden was born on December 23, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey.[1] [2] He grew up in New Jersey and Nova Scotia, Canada.[2] He attended Yale University, where William H. Goetzmann was one of his professors, and he graduated magna cum laude in 1962.[3] He earned a PhD in History from Harvard University in 1967. His dissertation director was Frank Freidel.[2] [3]

Career

Crunden taught History and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin from 1967 until his death in 1999.[2] He was the director of the American Studies program from 1985 to 1990.[2] [3] He was awarded a Fulbright chair as the Bicentennial Professor of American Studies at the University of Helsinki in 1976-1977, and he was the director of the American Studies Research Center in Hyderabad, India from 1982 to 1984, also thanks to the Fulbright Program.[2] [3] [4] He was awarded a Fulbright senior lectureship to teach at La Trobe University in Australia in 1978.[1] [4]

Crunden was the author of many books, including American Salons: Encounters with European Modernism, 1885-1917, which was translated into many languages.[2]

Personal life and death

Crunden had three daughters.[2] He died of a heart attack on March 23, 1999, in Austin, Texas.[1] [2] [3]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Guide to the Robert M. Crunden Papers, 1959-1998 . . University of Texas at Austin . December 21, 2018.
  2. News: Robert M. Crunden . December 21, 2018 . Austin American-Statesman. March 26, 1999. 20. Newspapers.com. registration .
  3. News: Osborn . Claire . Noted UT professor Crunden dies at 58 . December 21, 2018 . Austin American-Statesman . March 27, 1999. B1; B3. Newspapers.com. registration .
  4. Web site: Meikle . Jeffrey L. . Robert Morse Crunden (1940-99) . Perspectives on History . American Historical Association . December 21, 2018. November 1, 1999.