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Marcus Lee Hansen
1892–1938
An early and influential historian of immigration to the United States, he explored how waves of newcomers shaped the country across centuries. His best-known book, The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860, was published after his death and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for History.
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Old Fort Snelling, 1819-1858
by Marcus Lee Hansen
About the author
Born in Neenah, Wisconsin, in 1892, Marcus Lee Hansen became one of the important early scholars of European immigration to America. He later taught history at the University of Illinois, where he served first as an associate professor and then as a professor.
Hansen is most closely associated with The Atlantic Migration, 1607–1860, a wide-ranging study of the forces that brought migrants to the United States from the colonial period through the nineteenth century. Although he died in 1938, the book was published posthumously in 1940 and received the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for History.
His work helped shape the way readers and historians think about migration, settlement, and American identity. Even with a relatively short life, he left a lasting mark on the study of immigration history.