author
Edward Channing
1856–1931
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, he spent decades telling the story of the United States in a sweeping six-volume work that shaped how generations studied the nation’s past. He was also a longtime Harvard teacher whose writing aimed to make history careful, clear, and lasting.
2 Audiobooks
A Short History of the United States for School Use
by Edward Channing
The story of the Great Lakes
by Edward Channing, Marion Florence Lansing
About the author
Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1856, Edward Channing became one of the leading American historians of his era. He studied at Harvard, earned his Ph.D. there, and went on to spend most of his career teaching history at the university.
He is best remembered for History of the United States, a major six-volume project that traced American history from its earliest periods through the Civil War. The work was widely respected for its depth and judgment, and it earned the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History.
Channing also played an important role in the professional study of history in the United States. Alongside his own writing, he taught at Harvard for decades and helped train many future historians, giving him an influence that lasted well beyond his own books.