Charles W. Akers

Charles Wesley Akers (April 2, 1920 – February 1, 2009) was an American historian, author, and educator.

Early life and education Charles was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Ira and Mary Bird Akers. Akers received his bachelor's degree in history from the Eastern Nazarene College in 1947. He received his master's degree and Ph.D. from Boston University. He began teaching history at Oakland University in 1966 He retired from OU in 1995

He was a member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, an Associate of Early American History and Culture, and received the Oakland University Excellence in Research Award and the Distinguished Faculty Award of the Michigan Association of Governing Boards. published by Little, Brown and Company (Boston) in 1980, republished by Addison Wesley Longman (New York) in 2000, and called one of the three best books about Abigail Adams. He is also known for Called unto Liberty: A Life of Jonathan Mayhew, 1720-1766 and The Divine Politician, a biography of Samuel Cooper that won the American Revolution Roundtable Award.

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