Matthew Page Andrews

Born in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, Matthew Page Andrews was an American author, editor, and historian whose life spanned from 1879 to 1947. He studied at Washington and Lee University and went on to build a career writing history for a broad audience rather than only for specialists.

Andrews is especially remembered for books such as The Women of the South in War Times, History of Maryland: Province and State, Virginia: The Old Dominion, and A History of the United States. His writing often focused on Maryland, Virginia, and the Civil War era, and he became known as a prominent regional historian in Baltimore and the surrounding Mid-Atlantic.

He also worked as an editor and public historical figure, and after his death in 1947 he was remembered in an appreciation as a notable cultural presence in Maryland historical life. Readers coming to his work today will find energetic, story-driven history that reflects both his strong attachment to place and the outlook of his time.