Samuel Eliot Morison

United States admiral and historian (1887-1976).

Quick Facts

Died: 1976-05-15
Occupation: military officer · military historian · historian · university teacher · professor · author · writer
Citizenship: United States
Birthplace: Boston
Affiliation: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Membership: American Philosophical Society · since 1937
Affiliation: American Historical Association
Affiliation: American Academy of Arts and Letters

Samuel Eliot Morison is the child of Emily Marshall Eliot.

Date / result	Award / category
1972 Received	Bancroft Prize
1964 Received	Presidential Medal of Freedom
1962 Received	Balzan Prize
1961 Received	Emerson-Thoreau Medal
1960 Received	Pulitzer Prize for Biography
1960 Nominated	National Book Award for Nonfiction
1949 Received	Bancroft Prize
1943 Received	Pulitzer Prize for Biography
— Received	Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
— Received	World War I Victory Medal (United States)
— Received	Guggenheim Fellowship
— Received	Loubat Prize

Samuel Eliot Morison attended École Libre des Sciences Politiques until 1909.

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