Richard Beeman

Richard Roy Beeman (May 6, 1942 – September 6, 2016) was an American historian and biographer specializing in the American Revolution.

Life Beeman was born in Seattle, Washington, United States, on May 6, 1942. He received a bachelor of arts degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1964, followed by a master of arts degree from the College of William & Mary in 1965. He received a Ph.D in history from the University of Chicago in 1968. Beeman was the 2003-4 Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History. He also served as the director of the Philadelphia Center for Early American Studies, on the board of trustees of the National Constitution Center, and as the editor of American Quarterly.

Works Books The Old Dominion and the New Nation, 1788-1801 (1972) Patrick Henry: A Biography (1974) Finalist for the National Book Award for Biography Beyond Confederation: Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity (1987) The Evolution of the Southern Backcountry: A Case Study of Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1832 (1989) The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth-Century America (2004) The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution: A Fully Annotated Declaration of Independence, U. S. Constitution and Amendments, and Selections from the Federalist Papers (2010) Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution (2009) George Washington Book Prize Literary Award of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor: Americans Choose Independence (2013)

Articles Source: National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Fellowship