Samuel Eliot Morison, American admiral and historian (died 1976)

Samuel Eliot Morison

American historian, Navy officer (1887–1976)

Samuel Eliot Morison was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and taught history at the university for 40 years. He won Pulitzer Prizes…