Awards & Winners

Robert V. Bruce

Date of Birth 19-December-1923
Place of Birth Malden
(Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Robert Bruce, Robert Vance Bruce
Profession Historian, Author
Robert Vance Bruce was an American historian specializing in the American Civil War who won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1988 for his book The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876. After serving in the Army during World War II, Bruce graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He received his Master of Arts in history and his Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University, where he was later a professor. He also taught at the University of Bridgeport, Lawrence Academy at Groton, and the University of Wisconsin. Bruce was also a lecturer at the Fortenbaugh Lecture at Gettysburg College.

Awards by Robert V. Bruce

Check all the awards nominated and won by Robert V. Bruce.

1988


Pulitzer Prize for History
Honored for : The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846\u20131876

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for History The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846\u20131876

1974


Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
National Book Award for Biography Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the conquest of solitude