Pulitzer-Winning Historian Gordon S. Wood Dies After Rhode Island Car Crash
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Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Gordon S. Wood, a Brown University professor emeritus who helped redefine the study of the American Revolution, died at 92 after being struck by a car in a Rhode Island supermarket parking lot. The driver cooperated with police, and Wood’s death was confirmed by his daughter; he was a prominent critic of the 1619 Project and authored several landmark works on America’s origins.
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- Gordon S Wood, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, dies after being struck by a car in Rhode Island The Guardian
- 92-year-old killed after pedestrian crash in East Providence WJAR
- Gordon S. Wood, Pioneering Historian of Early America, Dies at 92 The New York Times
- Gordon Wood, American Revolution expert cited in ‘Good Will Hunting,’ fatally struck by car in R.I. parking lot The Boston Globe
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