Ronald G. Witt (1932–2017)
Autor von The Humanities: Cultural Roots and Continuities
Über den Autor
Ronald Gene Witt was born in Wayne, Michigan on December 23, 1932. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Michigan in 1954. He studied history and teaching for two years in France on a Fulbright scholarship. He received a master's degree in history in 1958 and a mehr anzeigen doctorate in 1965 from Harvard University. He taught at Harvard from 1964 until he joined the history department at Duke University in 1971. He taught medieval and Renaissance history until his retirement in 2004. He wrote several books including Coluccio Salutati and His Public Letters, Hercules at the Crossroads: The Life, Works and Thought of Coluccio Salutati, and The Two Latin Cultures and the Foundation of Renaissance Humanism in Medieval Italy. In the Footsteps of the Ancients': The Origins of Humanism from Lovato to Bruni received the Renaissance Society of America's Gordan Prize and shared the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History. He also co-edited several books including The Humanities: Cultural Roots and Continuities and Life and Death in 15th Century Florence. He died from heart failure on March 15, 2017 at the age of 84. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
Werke von Ronald G. Witt
The Earthly Republic: Italian Humanists on Government and Society (1978) — Herausgeber — 61 Exemplare
The two Latin cultures and the foundation of Renaissance humanism in medieval Italy (2012) 11 Exemplare
Hercules at the Crossroads: The Life, Works and Thought of Coluccio Salutati (Duke Monographs in Medieval and… (1983) 4 Exemplare
L'eccezione italiana: l'intellettuale laico nel Medioevo e l'origine del Rinascimento (800-1300) (2017) — Autor — 3 Exemplare
Sulle tracce degli antichi : Padova, Firenze e le origini dell'umanesimo (2005) — Autor — 2 Exemplare
Coluccio Salutati and his public letters 1 Exemplar
Sulle tracce degli antichi? 1 Exemplar
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Witt, Ronald Gene
- Geburtstag
- 1932-12-23
- Todestag
- 2017-03-15
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Wayne, Michigan, USA
- Sterbeort
- Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Ausbildung
- Harvard University (PhD|History|1965)
University of Michigan (BA|Political Science|1954) - Berufe
- historian
university professor - Beziehungen
- Witt, Mary Ann Frese (wife)
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- Duke University
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- Fulbright Scholarship
Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award (2013)
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