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(1917-2016) Author, historian. William H. McNeill was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and died in Torrington, Connecticut.

Full Name

William H. McNeill

Locations

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Author's Timeline


1917

BIRTH

William Hardy McNeill was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on October 31, 1917.

1947

OTHER

Professor McNeill earned his doctorate at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, in 1947.

1947

LITWORK

The Greek Dilemma War And Aftermath
J. B. Lippincott Company

Nonfiction.

1963

LITWORK

The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community
University of Chicago Press

Winner of the 1964 National Book Award for history and biography.

1974

LITWORK

Venice: The Hinge of Europe, 1081-1797
Chicago: University of Chicago Press
0226561488 / 978-0226561486
Nonfiction.

1976

LITWORK

Plagues and Peoples
Anchor Press / Doubleday
0385112564 / 978-0385112567
Nonfiction.

1982

LITWORK

The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
University of Chicago Press

Nonfiction.

1989

LITWORK

Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life
Oxford University Press
0195058631 / 978-0195058635
Nonfiction.

1989

LITWORK

Arnold J. Toynbee: A Life
Oxford University Press
0195058631 / 978-0195058635
Nonfiction.

1991

LITWORK

Hutchins' University: A Memoir of the University of Chicago, 1929-1950
University of Chicago Press
0226561704 / 978-0226561707
Nonfiction.

1991

LITWORK

Hutchins' University: A Memoir of the University of Chicago, 1929-1950
University of Chicago Press
0226561704 / 978-0226561707
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History
Harvard University Press
0674502299 / 978-0674502291
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History
Harvard University Press
0674502299 / 978-0674502291
Nonfiction.

2003

LITWORK

The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World History
W. W. Norton & Company
039305179X / 978-0393051797
Nonfiction written with Mr. McNeill's son, John Robert McNeill.

2005

LITWORK

The Pursuit of Truth: A Historian's Memoir
University Press of Kentucky
0813123453 / 978-0813123455
Nonfiction.

2016

DEATH

William H. McNeill died in Torrington, Connecticut, on July 8, 2016.

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