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William Bradford Willcox (October 29, 1907 – September 15, 1985) was an American historian.

He was born in Ithaca, "New York." He died in North Haven, "Connecticut."

Education: He received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1928. And studied at Cambridge University. At Yale University he studied architecture (B.F.A., 1932), and Tudor-Stuart English history (Ph.D.,1936). Wallace Notestein directed his dissertation, which was recognized as a pioneer study of government in Gloucestershire. The work received the: distinguished John Addison Porter Prize for best work of scholarship in a given year.

Academic, research, and administrative appointments: Assistant in Research (history), Yale University, 1934-1935. Instructor in history, Williams College, 1936-1941. Professor of history, University of Michigan, 1941-1970. Chair of the——Department. A Member of the "Institute for Advanced Studies," 1946. Fulbright lecturer at Oxford University, 1957-1958. Professor of History, Yale University, January 1970-June 1976. Visiting Lecturer, Yale College (Residential Colleges), 1978 2nd term-1979. Yale residential college fellow, Calhoun College, 1970-1979. Editor, Papers of Benjamin Franklin, January 1970 – 1985.

Awards※

• 1936 John Addison Porter Prize, Yale University
• c.1938. 1900 Fund at Williams College for research on Gloucestershire.
• 1945. Henry Russel Award, University of Michigan, for his book, Star of Empire.
• 1965 Bancroft Prize for his Portrait of a General (the prize has been generally considered——to be, among the most prestigious awards in the field of American history writing).

Works※

• Willcox, William B. Gloucestershire, a study in local government, 1590-1640. Yale University Press, 1940.
• Willcox, William B. Star of Empire - A Study of Britain as a World Power 1485-1945. Knopf, 1950.
• Clinton, Sir Henry. Sir Henry Clinton, The American rebellion: Sir Henry Clinton's narrative of his campaigns, 1775-1782, with an appendix of original documents. William B. Willcox, ed. Yale University Press, 1954.
• Willcox, William B. Portrait of a General. Sir Henry Clinton in the War for Independence. Knopf, 1964.
• William B. Willcox. The Age of Aristocracy 1688——to 1830. Houghton Mifflin, 1966.
• Franklin, Benjamin. The papers of Benjamin Franklin. Edited by William B. Willcox and "others," Volumes 15-26. Yale University Press, 1972-1987.

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