Marcus Cunliffe

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Marcus Cunliffe (b. 1922 [1]) is a British historian and academic, who has written on topics mainly concerning America.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Education

Cunliffe was educated at Oxford, Sandhurst and Yale [2].

[edit] Career

Cunliffe lectured at the University of Manchester and the University of Sussex, where he was Professor of American Studies; he was also a visiting professor at Harvard[3].

[edit] Personal life

In 1949, he met and married American sculptor Mitzi Solomon. Together, they had a son and two daughters (one of whom is Shay Cunliffe, CDG Award winning costume designer). They divorced in 1971.

[edit] Bibliography

  • The American Presidency
  • Soldiers and Civilians: The Martial Spirit in America, 1775-1865
  • The Literature of the United States (1954)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Author biography in The Literature of the United States (Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1970 [3rd edition])
  2. ^ Author biography in The Literature of the United States (Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1970 [3rd edition])
  3. ^ Author biography in The Literature of the United States (Harmondsworth: Pelican Books, 1970 [3rd edition])