Melvin Patrick Ely

Melvin Patrick Ely (pronounced ['ili];[1] born 1952 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American historian.

Melvin Patrick Ely
Born1952 (age 68–69)
Richmond, Virginia, US
Awards
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
Sub-disciplineAfrican-American history

Life

He grew up in Richmond and graduated from Princeton University, and from the University of Texas at Austin with a master's degree in linguistics, and from Princeton University with a master's degree in history in 1982 and with a doctoral degree in 1985.[2] He taught at Yale University, and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Humanities at the College of William and Mary.[1][3]

Awards

Works
  • Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Black Freedom from the 1790s Through the Civil War. Random House, Inc. 2005. ISBN 978-0-679-76872-2.
  • The Adventures of Amos 'n' Andy: A Social History of an American Phenomenon. Free Press. 1992. ISBN 978-0-02-909503-4.
  • Amotz Zahavi, Avishag Zahavi, Melvin Patrick Ely (1999). The Handicap Principle: a missing piece of Darwin's puzzle. Illustrator Amir Balaban. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-512914-4.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  • Amos 'n' Andy: lineage, life, and legacy, Princeton University, 1985

References
  1. "Melvin Patrick Ely". College of William and Mary. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  2. Whitson, Brian (2005-03-16). "Melvin Patrick Ely wins prestigious Bancroft Prize". College of William and Mary. Archived from the original on 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
  3. "Melvin Patrick Ely faculty page". College of William & Mary. Retrieved 2019-04-21.
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