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Francis B. Simkins (c. 1963)
Francis B. Simkins (c. 1963)

Francis Butler Simkins (December 14, 1897-February 8, 1966) was a historian and a past president of the Southern Historical Association who made important contributions to the study of race relations. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Born in Edgefield, South Carolina, Simkins received his B.A. from the University of South Carolina in 1918 and his M.A. (1921) and Ph.D. (1926) from Columbia University[1]. Edgefield is a town in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. This article is about the University of South Carolina in Columbia Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Columbia University is a private University in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. He spent most of his academic career as a professor of History at Longwood College in Farmville, Virginia. Longwood University is a four-year public liberal-arts University located in Farmville Virginia. Farmville is a town in Cumberland and Prince Edward counties in the U

He published eight history books, numerous scholarly articles and an abundance of miscellaneous work including book reviews and encyclopedia articles. His obituary in The Journal of America History [2] in 1966 said that Simkins was "an emancipated critic of the old order" and that "he came to stress the distinctive characteristics of 'the everlasting South,' and to question the validity of much that passed for progress in the modern South. " As a scholar who questioned conventional thinking he helped lay the foundations for the civil rights movement. See also Protests of 1968 Historically the civil rights movement was a concentrated period of time around the world of approximately twenty years (1960-1980 in Yet when events in the 1960s challenged the traditional in the south, Simkins discovered much he thought should be preserved, and he became a spokesman for tradition. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969

Simkins' most famous work is "Pitchfork Ben Tillman", a biography of the American politician, Benjamin Tillman, who served as governor of South Carolina from 1890 to 1894 and as a United States Senator from 1895 until his death. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Benjamin Ryan Tillman ( August 11, 1847 &ndash July 3, 1918) was an American politician who served as Governor of South Carolina A list of South Carolina Governors. Colonial Period (1670-1775 See also List of colonial governors of South Carolina South Carolina ( is a state in the southern region ( Deep South) of the United States of America. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

"The Francis B. Simkins Award" is given by the Southern Historical Association every third year for best and first (for that author) book about the South [3].

Many of Simkins’ ideas and interpretations are still fresh today. He is one of the most important interpreters of the American South, presenting southern history as a significant part of American history.

Major works

The contributions of Simkins in the field of southern history were enormous:

In addition to the Dunning Prize, Simkins held research fellowships at the Social Science Research Council and the John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, delivered the Fleming Lectures at LSU and the Centennial Lectures at the University of Mississippi. The OCLC Online Computer Library Center is according to its website a "nonprofit membership computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purpose The Guggenheim family refers to a number of descendants of Meyer Guggenheim who were known for their successes in Mining and Smelting, and later for their Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, Coeducational The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational Research University located in Oxford He was president of the Southern Historical Association in 1953-54. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar)

External links

References

  1. ^ Pitchfork Ben Tillman
  2. ^ The Journal of American History
  3. ^ Southern Historical Association | Awards
  4. ^ Dunning Prize - Book Help Web
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