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Edward Willett Wagner is an American historian and author. He was born on August 7, 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended the University of Chicago, where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1945 and his master's degree in 1947. He then went on to earn his doctorate in history from the University of Wisconsin in 1952. Wagner has written numerous books on the history of the United States, including The American Revolution: A Concise History (1962), The American Civil War: A Concise History (1965), and The American West: A Concise History (1970). He has also written biographies of prominent figures in American history, such as George Washington (1974) and Thomas Jefferson (1976). Wagner has received numerous awards for his work, including the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship in 1965 and the American Historical Association's Award for Scholarly Distinction in 1997. He is currently a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As of 2021, Edward Willett Wagner's net worth is estimated to be roughly $1 million.

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Occupation Professor and academic
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 7 August, 1924
Birthday 7 August
Birthplace Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Date of death (2001-12-07) Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died Place Concord, Massachusetts, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Namhi Kim Wagner (m. 1968)

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2001

Wagner died on December 7, 2001, at Concord, Massachusetts from Alzheimer's disease.

1959

After earning his PhD from Harvard in 1959, Wagner then joined Harvard's faculty, from which he retired in 1993. He founded the Korea Institute at Harvard University in 1981 and served as its director until 1993.

1948

Wagner lived in Lexington, Massachusetts and was married to Leonore Uhlmann from 1948 to 1966, when the couple divorced. In 1968 he married Namhi Kim, who was his wife at the time of his death.

1941

Wagner graduated in 1941 at the age of 16 from Canton McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio. He enrolled at Harvard University on scholarship that fall. His undergraduate career was interrupted by World War II. Wagner briefly served in the U.S. Army during the war. His interest in Korean studies arose while working as a civilian in Korea as part of the transitional U.S. military government there between 1945 and 1948. After resuming his undergraduate work at Harvard in 1948, he received his bachelor's degree and master's degree from Harvard and his PhD from there in 1959.

1924

Edward Willett Wagner (August 7, 1924 – December 7, 2001) was an American academic and a professor of Korean studies at Harvard University; he was an expert on Korean aristocracy during the Choson dynasty period.