Channing, Edward, 1856-1931, American historian, b. Dorchester, Mass.; son of William Ellery Channing (1818-1901). He was a prominent teacher at Harvard from 1883 until his retirement in 1929, holding a professor's rank from 1897. Channing wrote The United States of America, 1765-1865 (1896, 2d ed. 1930, repr. 1941); Guide to the Study and Reading of American History (with Albert B. Hart, 1896; rev. and augmented ed. by Channing, Hart, and Frederick Jackson Turner, 1912), an excellent brief bibliography of American history; and The Jeffersonian System, 1801-1811 ("American Nation" series, 1906, repr. 1968). Most of these books were, however, either incidental to, or preparation for, the great work to which Channing devoted most of his life—A History of the United States (6 vol., 1905-25), embracing the years from 1000 to 1865. Based throughout on the author's extensive knowledge of the sources, remarkably accurate in fact, and excellently written, it is generally considered one of the finest histories of the United States ever produced by one man. The final volume on the Civil War won a Pulitzer Prize in 1926.

Edward Perkins Channing (born: 15 June 1856, Massachusetts, U.S. - died: 7 January 1931) was an American historian educated at Harvard University, where he was a professor from 1883 to 1929.

His best known work, A History of the United States, is regarded as one of the most complete and accurate accounts of American history and received the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for History.

He was the son of William Ellery Channing.

Works

• A History of the United States Vol 1 1000-1660 is online at
• A History of the United States Vol 2 1660- 1760 is online at
• A History of the United States Vol 3, 1760-1787, is online at
• A History of the United States Vol 4 1787-1815 is online at
• A History of the United States Vol 5 1815-1860.
• A History of the United States Vol 6 The War for Southern Independence
• The War for Southern Independence (1925), Pulitzer Prize for History winner in 1926
• The Navigation Laws (1890)
• The United States of America, 1765-1865 (1896)

External links

• Works by Edward Channing at Project Gutenberg