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George D. Wolf
b. 1923
A Pennsylvania historian and educator, he wrote thoughtful books about the state's political life and frontier past. His work ranges from early settlement on the West Branch to a full-length study of Governor William W. Scranton.
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About the author
George D. Wolf was an American historian, author, and longtime Penn State Harrisburg faculty member. Penn State Harrisburg describes him as the campus's first faculty member, and the university archives preserve his papers there.
His writing focused strongly on Pennsylvania history. Among his best-known books are The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784, published by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in 1969, and William Warren Scranton: Pennsylvania Statesman, a 1982 biography of the former governor.
Available records also describe him as a professor and later emeritus dean at Penn State, with a career centered on American Studies and American Civilization. Reliable sources found here do not provide many personal details beyond his birth year, so this overview stays close to his documented work as a scholar of Pennsylvania's past.