About John W. Osborne
Lived 1927 – 2019 (aged 91–92). John W. Osborne was an American historian.
John Walter Osborne (1927 – January 2, 2019) was an American historian.
He was born in Brooklyn and educated at Rutgers University, where he was awarded a BA, an MA and a PhD.
Osborne was professor of history at Rutgers, where he taught British and European history. In 1988 he was awarded the Henry Browne Award for his teaching. After his retirement in 1993 he became professor emeritus.
Works William Cobbett: His Thought and His Times (Rutgers University Press, 1966). The Silent Revolution: The Industrial Revolution in England as a Source of Cultural Change (Scribner, 1970). John Cartwright (Cambridge University Press, 1972). (with Karl W. Schweizer), Cobbett in His Times (Leicester University Press, 1990).
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