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Walter Stitt Robinson
A historian of early America, he spent decades exploring the colonial South and the roots of American settlement. His books are known for careful research and a clear interest in how land, politics, and everyday life shaped the young nation.
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Mother Earth: Land Grants in Virginia, 1607-1699
by Walter Stitt Robinson
About the author
Born in North Carolina in 1917, Walter Stitt Robinson Jr. became an American historian whose work focused on colonial and Revolutionary-era history, especially in the South. He later taught at the University of Kansas and built a reputation as a serious scholar of early American life.
Robinson wrote books on subjects including land grants in Virginia and the career of James Glen, the royal governor of South Carolina. The Kansas State Historical Society remembered him as a longtime board member and former president, reflecting how active he remained in the historical community beyond the classroom.
He died in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2014 at the age of ninety-six. Across his career, he was recognized for both scholarship and service, leaving behind work that helped readers better understand the people, institutions, and conflicts of colonial America.