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Joseph Ellis

Joseph Ellis in 2007
Born 1943
Occupation Professor
Nationality United States
Genres History
Notable work(s) Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Joseph John Ellis (born 1943) is a Pulitzer Prize - winning Professor of History on the Ford Foundation at Mount Holyoke College. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. The meaning of the word professor ( Latin: professor, person who professes to be an expert in some art or science teacher of highest rank) varies Nationality is a relationship between a Person and their State of Origin, Culture, association Affiliation and/or Loyalty The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology Founding Brothers The Revolutionary Generation (ISBN 0-571-21217-4 is a Pulitzer Prize -winning book written by Joseph Ellis, a professor of history The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, The Ford Foundation is a Private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts. He is the former dean of faculty at Mount Holyoke and also served as Acting President for part of 1984 while President Elizabeth Topham Kennan was on leave. Elizabeth Topham Kennan, PhD is an American academic who served as the 16th president of Mount Holyoke College from 1978 - 1995

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Background

He received his B. A. from the College of William and Mary, where he was initiated into Theta Delta Chi, and his M. The College of William and Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, also known as William & Mary or W&M) is a Public university History Origins and growth Theta Delta Chi the eleventh oldest of the college fraternities was founded in 1847 at Union College in Schenectady NY by six A. and Ph. D. from Yale University in 1969. He served in the United States Army and also taught at West Point until 1972 when he joined the faculty at Mount Holyoke College. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA,

Awards

Publications

Books

Editorials

Controversies

Jefferson and Hemings

Main Article: American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson, became the subject of controversy in 1996. American Sphinx The Character of Thomas Jefferson, is a 1996 book written by Joseph Ellis, a professor of History at Mount Holyoke College In this text, Ellis suggests that evidence for an affair between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings is "inconclusive". Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence Sally Hemings ( Shadwell, Albemarle County Virginia, circa 1773 &ndash Charlottesville Virginia, 1835 was an American slave owned by [3] Specifically, Ellis states in the appendix to American Sphinx,

Unless the trustees of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation decide to exhume the remains and do DNA testing on Jefferson as well as some of his alleged progeny, it leaves the matter a mystery about which advocates on either side can freely speculate. . . This means that for those who demand an answer the only recourse is plausible conjecture, prefaced as it must be with profuse statements about the flimsy and wholly circumstantial character of the evidence. In that spirit, which we might call the spirit of responsible speculation, after five years mulling over the huge cache of evidence that does exist on the thought and character of the historical Jefferson, I have concluded that the likelihood of a liaison with Sally Hemings is remote. [4]

Dr. Eugene Foster published an article in the November 5, 1998 issue of the weekly journal, Nature, called "Jefferson Fathered Slave's Last Child. Nature is a prominent Scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869 " In the article, Foster states that DNA testing proved that Thomas Jefferson was the father of Sally's son, Eston. [5]

On November 2, 1998, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer ran a feature on this topic, stating that, "according to an article in an upcoming issue of the journal Nature, DNA analysis shows that Jefferson almost certainly fathered at least one of Sally Hemings' children, her last son, Eston. For other uses see News Hour. The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is an evening Television News program broadcast "[6] Ellis, who was interviewed during this broadcast, stated that he had revised his opinion due to this new evidence:

It's not so much a change of heart, but this is really new evidence. And it - prior to this evidence, I think it was a very difficult case to know and circumstantial on both sides, and, in part, because I got it wrong, I think I want to step forward and say this new evidence constitutes, well, evidence beyond any reasonable doubt that Jefferson had a longstanding sexual relationship with Sally Hemings. [7]

Vietnam war

Ellis became the subject of controversy when the Boston Globe published an article on June 18, 2001, revealing that he had exaggerated his involvement in the Vietnam War (he served in uniform in America but did not go to Vietnam as he had claimed to students and to the media). The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Ellis issued a public apology in August. [8] Mount Holyoke suspended him from both his endowed chair (until further review) as well as from teaching during the 2001-2002 academic year. A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested [9] In May 2005, Mount Holyoke restored his chair. [10]

Notes

  1. ^ "2001 Pulitzer Prize Winners", pulitzer. org, 2001. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2006-08-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  
  2. ^ Book summary
  3. ^ "Joseph Ellis: Putting History in Perspective", mountholyoke. edu, 2000. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2006-08-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  
  4. ^ Ellis, Joseph. ""Appendix:Note on the Sally Hemings Scandal" From "American Sphinx", pp.303-307", pbs. org, 1996. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2006-08-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  
  5. ^ "Frontline: Jefferson's Blood: The History of a Story". Retrieved on 2006-08-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  
  6. ^ "Online Newshour: Thomas Jefferson", pbs. org, 1998-11-02. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Retrieved on 2006-08-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  
  7. ^ "Online Newshour: Thomas Jefferson", pbs. org, 1998-11-02. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Retrieved on 2006-08-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  
  8. ^ Ellis, Joseph. "Further Statement of Joseph J. Ellis", mountholyoke. edu, 2001-08-17. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Retrieved on 2006-08-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  
  9. ^ Creighton, Joanne. "A Letter to the Mount Holyoke Community", mountholyoke. edu, 2001-08-17. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Retrieved on 2006-08-04. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.  
  10. ^ "Trustees Name Four Faculty Members to Endowed Chairs", Mount Holyoke College, 2005-20-05. Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts.  

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