Morison, Samuel Eliot (1887-1976), was an American historian, teacher of history, and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. His Admiral of the Ocean Sea, a life of Columbus, won the prize in 1943, and his John Paul Jones received it in 1960. His other books include History of United States Naval Operations in World War II in 15 volumes (1947-1962), The Intellectual Life of Colonial New England (1960), One Boy’s Boston (1962), The Oxford History of the American People (1965), The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages (1971), and The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages (1974).
Morison was born on July 9, 1887, in Boston and was educated at Harvard University and in Paris. From 1915 to 1955, he taught history at Harvard. He served in World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). Morison was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1963. He died on May 15, 1976.
