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William Ferris, chair of the NEH, announced the honor. "Bernard Bailyn is one of America's most eminent historians," Ferris said. "His main work, on the ideas and beliefs that have shaped the American nation from the beginning, is an excellent context for taking stock of our nation's heritage as we stand at the cusp of the new millennium. I am delighted to name him this year's Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities...
...Bailyn's historical work centers on early American history, the American Revolution and the Anglo-American world in the pre-industrial era. Bailyn has devoted more than 40 years to teaching and studying American history at Harvard. Along the way, he has authored 11 books, two of which have won the Pulitzer Prize...
From 1983-1994, Bailyn served as the director of the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History...
...Bailyn currently serves as the as the senior fellow in the Society of Fellows, and he directs the International Seminar on Atlantic History, which brings together young historians from many countries to study the history of Atlantic civilization...
...recipient of this honor, Bailyn joins intellectual luminaries such as Robert Penn Warren, Saul Bellow, Barbara Tuchman and Toni Morrison, all of whom were chosen to deliver past Jefferson Lectures in the Humanities