Stanford Pulitzer Prize-winning historian dies at 93

Stanford Pulitzer Prize-winning historian dies at 93

A leading post-World War II historian, Stanford Professor Carl Degler was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his groundbreaking 1972 book on slavery and race relations. One colleague described him as a scholar who crossed disciplinary boundaries and challenged conventional pieties.

BY CLIFTON B. PARKER

Carl N. Degler, a scholarly champion of the common man and woman in American history, passed away from natural causes on Dec. 27. He was 93. Degler was the Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Stanford University. In 1972, he won the Pulitzer Prize for history for his book, Neither Black nor White, a work comparing slavery and race relations in Brazil and the United States. He taught and researched at Stanford University from 1968 until his retirement in 1990.

Read the entire Stanford Report article on Carl N. Degler at the Stanford News site.

 

Carl Degler, Stanford professor emeritus of history, died Dec. 27 at age 93.

Courtesy Therese Baker-Degler