Richard John Carwardine (born 12 January 1947) is a

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historian and academic. He specialises in American politics and

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in the era of the

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. The professor is best known for his work on President

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and was

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, from 2010 to 2016.

Early life

Born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of John Francis Carwardine and Beryl Jones, he attended Maesycwmmer Primary School and

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, before going up to

as William Jones Exhibitioner, graduating BA in modern history 1968 ( MA 1972). He pursued further studies in history at

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, receiving a

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in 1975. Carwardine then went to the

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, as the Ochs-Oakes Senior Scholar in American History and Institutions. While a student at

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, Carwardine played the role of Cornelius in the film '' Doctor Faustus'' (1967) with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

Academic career

Carwardine taught American history at the

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(1971–2002), where he also served as

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of the

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. He was a Rhodes Professor of American History & Institutions at Oxford University and a fellow of St Catherine's College from 2002 to 2009. Elected President of Corpus Christi College, he took office in January 2010, becoming a pro vice-chancellor of

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Honours, fellowships and prizes

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(1983) * Fellow of the British Academy (2006) Medal,_order_(AM_2001

* Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) (2019) *Carwardine was inducted into

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and awarded the Order of Lincoln (the State's highest honour) by the

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in 2009 as a Bicentennial Laureate.Prof Richard Carwardine on the Lincoln Academy site, 2009
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Bibliography

*Carwardine, Richard. ''Transatlantic Revivalism: Popular Evangelicalism in Britain and America, 1790–1865''. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1978. *Carwardine, Richard. ''Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America''. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. *Carwardine, Richard. ''Abraham Lincoln and the Fourth Estate: The White House and the Press During the American Civil War''. eading University of Reading, 2004. *Carwardine, Richard. ''Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power''. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. *Carwardine, Richard, and Jay Sexton. ''The Global Lincoln''. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. *Carwardine, Richard. ''Lincoln's Sense of Humor''. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2017.

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