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Daniel H. Calhoun
President of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
In office
1982–1983
Personal details
Born(1927-11-24)November 24, 1927
Brownsville, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedMarch 23, 2019(2019-03-23) (aged 91)
Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
OccupationHistorian
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1967)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe American civil engineers, 1792-1843 (1956)
Academic work
Institutions

Daniel Hovey Calhoun (November 24, 1927 – March 23, 2019) was an American historian. A 1967 Guggenheim Fellow, his works included The American Civil Engineer (1960), Professional Lives in America (1965), The Intelligence of a People (1973). He was a professor at University of California, Davis for more than twenty years and president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic from 1982 to 1983.

Biography

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Daniel Hovey Calhoun was born on November 24, 1927, in Brownsville, Tennessee,[1] and raised at the Rosenwald School grounds where his father worked.[2] After studying at University School of Nashville (then called Peabody Demonstration School) and Yale University (where he obtained his BA in history in 1952), he went to Johns Hopkins University, where he obtained his PhD in 1956;[2][1] his doctoral dissertation was The American civil engineers, 1792-1843.[3]

He worked as an instructor and lecturer at Princeton University (1956-1958), Columbia University (1958-1959), and Harvard University (1959-1966), where he was promoted to assistant professor in 1962.[1] In 1966, he started working at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) and became assistant professor of history.[2][1] In 1967, he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship "for studies of the changing intellectual level in American society, 1750-1870".[1][4] He was president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic from 1982 to 1983.[5][6] He retired from UC Davis in 1991 and later became professor emeritus.[2]

He wrote several books such as The American Civil Engineer (1960), Professional Lives in America (1965), The Educating of Americans (1969), The Intelligence of a People (1973), Working Views on the One-Party Road (1986), Popular Challenge: Roads toward Civil War in North America (1995); and "The 47": American War in Mexico (1998).[2] There were also three other manuscripts that had not been published at the time of his death.[2] He once curated his own edited volume of primary sources for his course on American law and violence.[6]

Calhoun was gay and was part of the San Francisco Bay Area's LGBTQ community.[2] He also sailed and drew seascapes for a hobby.[2]

Calhoun died on March 23, 2019 in Santa Rosa, California.[2] He was 91.[2] The Daniel H. Calhoun Dissertation Research Award at UC Davis is named after him.[7]

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  1. ^ a b c d e Reports of the President and the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. 1965. p. 20.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Washington, Margaret; Kolnick, Jeffrey; Bennett, Martin. "Daniel H. Calhoun (1927–2019)". American Historical Association. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  3. ^ Calhoun, Daniel Hovey (1956). The American civil engineers, 1792-1843 (Thesis). Johns Hopkins University. OCLC 30140324.
  4. ^ "Daniel H. Calhoun". Guggenheim Fellowships. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  5. ^ "Past Presidents". Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Daniel H. Calhoun '52". Yale Alumni Magazine. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  7. ^ "Daniel H. Calhoun Dissertation Research Award". Give to UC Davis. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  8. ^ Fatout, Paul (1961). "Review of The American Civil Engineer: Origins and Conflict". Indiana Magazine of History. 57 (2): 180–181. ISSN 0019-6673. JSTOR 27788903.
  9. ^ Hill, Forest G. (1961). "Review of The American Civil Engineer: Origins and Conflict". The Journal of Economic History. 21 (1): 92–94. ISSN 0022-0507. JSTOR 2114821.
  10. ^ Monsees, Melford E. (1961). "Review of The American Civil Engineer: Origins and Conflicts". The Business History Review. 35 (1): 142–145. doi:10.2307/3111652. ISSN 0007-6805. JSTOR 3111652.
  11. ^ Watson, Sara Ruth (1961). "Review of The American Civil Engineer". Technology and Culture. 2 (1): 61–63. doi:10.2307/3101311. ISSN 0040-165X. JSTOR 3101311.
  12. ^ Cawelti, John G. (1966). "Review of Professional Lives in America: Structure and Aspiration, 1750-1850". History of Education Quarterly. 6 (4): 90–92. doi:10.2307/367219. ISSN 0018-2680. JSTOR 367219.
  13. ^ Mandelbaum, Seymour J. (1966). "Review of Professional Lives in America: Structure and Aspiration, 1750-1850". The American Historical Review. 71 (3): 1051–1052. doi:10.2307/1846193. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1846193.
  14. ^ McCluggage, Robert W. (1967). "Review of Professional Lives in America: Structure and Aspiration, 1750-1850". The Historian. 29 (2): 275–276. ISSN 0018-2370. JSTOR 24438265.
  15. ^ Phillips, Harry (1966). "Review of Professional Lives in America: Structure and Aspiration, 1750-1850". Tennessee Historical Quarterly. 25 (1): 95–96. ISSN 0040-3261. JSTOR 42622862.
  16. ^ Brown, Richard D. (1974). "Review of The Intelligence of a People". The William and Mary Quarterly. 31 (3): 496–498. doi:10.2307/1921638. ISSN 0043-5597. JSTOR 1921638.
  17. ^ Etulain, Richard W. (1975). "Review of Radical Visions and American Dreams: Culture and Social Thought in the Depression Years; The American Idea of Success; The Intelligence of a People". The Historian. 38 (1): 158–161. ISSN 0018-2370. JSTOR 24444955.
  18. ^ Kett, Joseph F. (1974). "American Intelligence in the Nineteenth Century". History of Education Quarterly. 14 (4): 525–527. doi:10.2307/368103. ISSN 0018-2680. JSTOR 368103.
  19. ^ Lewis, Richard A. (1974). "New Directions in Cultural History". The Virginia Quarterly Review. 50 (1): 112–116. ISSN 0042-675X. JSTOR 26435409.
  20. ^ Sokal, Michael M. (1975). "Review of The Intelligence of a People". Technology and Culture. 16 (3): 510–511. doi:10.2307/3103060. ISSN 0040-165X. JSTOR 3103060.
  21. ^ Welter, Rush (1974). "Review of The Intelligence of a People". The Journal of American History. 61 (2): 474–475. doi:10.2307/1903987. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 1903987.
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