Gordon S Wood, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, dies after being struck by a car in Rhode Island | TheBriefWire
Gordon S Wood, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, dies after being struck by a car in Rhode Island
Published 8 June 2026 Ā· us
A renowned academic, Wood was hit by a car as he was crossing a supermarketās parking lot and later died of the injuries Gordon S
A renowned academic, Wood was hit by a car as he was crossing a supermarketās parking lot and later died of the injuries Gordon S Wood, a Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian, was killed on Sunday when he was struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in Rhode Island. Wood, 92, won the Pulitzer in 1993 in the history category for The Radicalisation of the American Revolution, a landmark tome that advanced the theory of the break with Britain being at least as much of an internal social and political transformation as a desire to be rid of colonial masters. Continue reading...
Published: June 9, 2026 ā¢ 1:02 AM IST Ā· Updated: June 9, 2026 ā¢ 1:38 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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A renowned academic, Wood was hit by a car as he was crossing a supermarketās parking lot and later died of the injuries Gordon S Wood, a Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian, was killed on Sunday when he was struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in Rhode Island.
Wood, 92, won the Pulitzer in 1993 in the history category for The Radicalisation of the American Revolution, a landmark tome that advanced the theory of the break with Britain being at least as much of an internal social and political transformation as a desire to be rid of colonial masters.
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