Robert Zaller

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Robert Michael Zaller (born 1940 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author whose works include volumes of history, criticism, and verse. He is Drexel Distinguished University Professor of History Emeritus (Drexel University), and has been active as an opponent of the death penalty.

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His honors include the Phi Alpha Theta Prize (1972), the Tor House Foundation Award (1984), and the Lawrence Clark Powell Award (2018). He was a Guggenheim fellow in 1985-86, [1] and is an elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society (1991). [2] He was chair of the Faculty Senate of the University of Miami from 1982 to 1985, was a long-serving member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Yale Center for Parliamentary History, and was President of the Robinson Jeffers Association (1997–2000).

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  2. "Fellows of the Royal Historical Society". Royal Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2008-07-06.