Rutman (4 March 1929 – 11 April 1997) was a historian of early America.
He received his Ph.D.
from the University of Virginia in 1959.
He was a distinguished scholar and served on the History faculties of the University of Minnesota, 1959–1968, the University of New Hampshire, 1968–1984, and the University of Florida in Gainesville, 1984-1996.
He died of an aortic aneurysm on April 11, 1997.[1]
Several of his books were co-authored by his wife, Anita H.