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Harold Syrett
Born (1913-10-22 ) October 22, 1913
Died July 29, 1984(1984-07-29) (aged 70 )
Known for
Executive Editor of The Papers of Alexander Hamilton
4th President of Brooklyn College
Predecessor Francis Kilcoyne Successor John Kneller , 5th President of Brooklyn College
Harold Coffin Syrett (October 22, 1913 – July 29, 1984) was an American historian. He served as the executive editor of The Papers of Alexander Hamilton and as the fourth president of Brooklyn College .[1] [2]
Biography [ edit ]
Syrett was born on President Street in Brooklyn , New York, to Frank H. and Dorothy (Provost) Syrett.[3] [4] He majored in economics at Wesleyan University (B.A. , 1935), where he was a catcher on the baseball team, and completed his graduate studies in history at Columbia University (M.A. , 1938; Ph.D. , 1944).[3]
From 1955 to 1979, Syrett was the executive editor of The Papers of Alexander Hamilton . More than 19,000 documents were published by Columbia University Press in 26 volumes from 1961 to 1979.[3] [1] [2]
He was a professor of American history at Columbia University from 1941 to 1961.[3] [2] Syrett was dean of the faculty at Queens College from 1962 to 1965 (as well as acting president in 1964).[3] He was vice chancellor of the State University of New York system from 1966 to 1967.[3]
Syrett was president of Brooklyn College from 1967 to 1969.[3] He resigned due to ill health.[3] Thereafter, he remained affiliated with the City University of New York as a professor of history at the CUNY Graduate Center , retiring in 1979.[3] During this period, he served as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize for History in the 1968, 1973 and 1979 award cycles, the latter two stints as chair.[5]
Syrett was the author of The City of Brooklyn, 1865–1898: a political history (1944), A Short History of New York State (1957), Interview in Weehawken: the Burr-Hamilton duel, as told in the original documents (1960), American Historical Documents (1962), Modern Hungarian Poetry (1977), and Andrew Jackson: His Contribution to the American Tradition .[3] [6] [7] [8] [9] He co-authored A History of the American People (1952).[10] He also edited The Gentleman and the Tiger (1956) , the memoirs of George B. McClellan Jr. , the 93rd mayor of New York City and son of the Union Army American Civil War general.[3]
Later in life, he resided in Craryville, New York .[3] Syrett died of hepatitis , the result of a blood transfusion during a hip operation, on July 29, 1984, at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, New York .[3] [1]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Purdum, Todd S. (July 30, 1984). "Dr. Harold Syrett, Historian and Hamilton Papers Editor" . The New York Times .
^ "Oscar-Nominated Director: "Brooklyn is Where I Found My Path" " . The L Magazine . February 22, 2013.
^ "Search: syrett" . www.pulitzer.org .
^ Syrett, Harold Coffin (1944). The City of Brooklyn, 1865–1898: a political history . Columbia University Press – via Internet Archive. HAROLD SYRETT president brooklyn.
^ Harold Coffin Syrett. Andrew Jackson: His Contribution to the American Tradition – Google Books
^ Harold Coffin Syrett. Interview in Weehawken: the Burr-Hamilton duel, as told in the original documents – Google Books
^ Harold C. Syrett. Modern Hungarian Poetry – Google Books
^ Harry James Carman, Harold Coffin Syrett. A history of the American people – Google Books
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