Edward A. Purcell Jr. | |
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| Born | July 20, 1941 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Rockhurst University Harvard Law School University of Kansas University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | University of California,Berkeley Wellesley College New York Law School |
Edward A. Purcell Jr. (born Kansas City,Missouri) is an American historian.
Purcell grew up in Kansas City,Missouri. He attended Rockhurst College,where he received a B.A. in 1962,then went on to the University of Kansas,earning an M.A. in American history in 1964. He received a Ph.D. in 1968 from the University of Wisconsin,then taught at the University of California,Berkeley and at Wellesley College before attending Harvard Law School,where he received a J.D. in 1979. He is the Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor at New York Law School. [1]
His work has appeared in Virginia Law Review,The University of Pennsylvania Law Review,UCLA Law Review,American Historical Review,the Journal of American History, and the American Quarterly.
Edward A Purcell.