Lawrence H. Gipson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lawrence H. Gipson

American writer

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1880

Place of Birth: Greeley, Colorado, United States

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1971

Profession: historian, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Lawrence Henry Gipson (1880 – September 26, 1971) was an American historian, who won the 1950 Bancroft Prize and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for History for volumes of his magnum opus, the fifteen-volume history of "The British Empire Before the American Revolution", published 1936–70.
He was a leader of the "Imperial school" of historians who studied the British Empire from the perspective of London, and generally praised the administrative efficiency and political fairness of the Empire.