Edward Clinton Ezell (born 1939 in Indianapolis, Indiana - died December 1993 in Northern Virginia) was an American author and professor who served as National Firearms Collection curator at the National Museum of American History, administered by the Smithsonian Institution (SI). Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Northern Virginia (colloquially referred to as "NOVA" or "NoVA" consists of several The National Museum of American History collects preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social political cultural scientific and military history The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of He was also founding Director of the Institute for Research on Small Arms in International Security.
Background
Ezell received an A.B. from Butler University in 1961 and M.A. from the University of Delaware two years later, where he was a Hagley Fellow. Butler University is a private Liberal arts University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The University of Delaware ( UD) is the largest University in the U In 1969, he received his Ph.D. in the history of science and technology from Case Institute of Technology. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland Ohio, United States, with some residence halls on the south end of campus
He taught at North Carolina State University and Sangamon State University, Springfield, Illinois. North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a public, Coeducational extensive Research University located in Raleigh North Carolina The University of Illinois at Springfield ( UIS) is a small liberal arts university located in Springfield.
Publications
Ezell created the first oral histories on a pair of respected assault rifle designers — Mikhail Kalashnikov and Eugene Stoner of the AK47 and M16 respectively. An assault rifle is a Selective fire Rifle or Carbine (not to be confused with a semi-automatic only replica firing Ammunition with muzzle Lieutenant General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников Mihail Timofeevič Kalašnikov) (born November Eugene Morrison Stoner (Born November 22, 1922 in Gosport, Indiana; died in Palm City Florida) The AK-47 (contraction of Russian Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года; Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda; "Kalashnikov's M16 (more formally United States Rifle II Caliber 556 mm M16) is the U Prior to his stint with the SI, Ezell was employed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, beginning in 1974, to write about space projects. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program Publications include "The Partnership", a history of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. The co-author, Linda Neuman Ezell, was also involved in writing "On Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet"
Other publications include:
- Personal Firepower
- The Black Rifle: M16 Rifle Retrospective
- The AK47 Story: Evolution of the Kalashnikov Weapons
- The Great Rifle Controversy: Search for the Ultimate Infantry Rifle from World War II to Vietnam and Beyond