Merle Curti

Merle Curti
Merle Curti
Born	Merle Eugene Curti; September 15, 1897; Papillion, Nebraska, U.S.
Died	March 9, 1996 (aged 98); Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University (AB, PhD)
Awards	Pulitzer Prize for History (1944)
Institutions	University of Wisconsin–Madison; Columbia University; Smith College; Beloit College;
Doctoral advisor	Frederick Jackson Turner
Notable students	Richard Hofstadter; John Higham; Roderick Nash;
Main interests	social history, intellectual history
Notable ideas	peace studies, new social history

Merle Eugene Curti (September 15, 1897 – March 9, 1996) was an American progressive historian who influenced peace studies, intellectual history and social history, including by using cliometrics (quantitative tools in historical research). At Columbia University and for decades at the University of Wisconsin, Curti directed 86 finished Ph.D. dissertations and had a wide range of correspondents. He was known for his commitment to democracy, as well as the Turnerian thesis that social and economic forces shape American life, thought and character.

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