Sam Bass Warner Jr. (April 6, 1928 – January 22, 2023) was an American historian and author. He taught at
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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,
Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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, the
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Boston University College of Arts and Sciences
The Boston University College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), which includes the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GRS), is the largest school at Boston University, offering Bachelor of Arts degrees in 25 departments and nearly 25 interdisciplina ...
, and
Brandeis University
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Early life and death
Warner was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 6, 1928, and died in
Needham, Massachusetts
Needham ( ) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb of Boston, its population was 32,091 in the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census. It is the home of Olin College.
History
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, on January 22, 2023, at the age of 94.
Books
*''Province of Reason''
*''Streetcar Suburbs: The Process of Growth in Boston, 1870-1900''
*with Stephen Spongberg ''A Reunion of Trees: The Discovery of Exotic Plants and Their Introduction Into North American and European Landscapes'' (Harvard University Press, 1998)
*''The Private City: Philadelphia in Three Periods of Its Growth'' (University of Pennsylvania Press)
*''Urban Wilderness: A History of the American City''
*''To Dwell Is to Garden: A History of Boston's Community Gardens'' (Northeastern University Press, 1987)
*''Greater Boston: Adapting Regional Traditions to the Present''
References
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1928 births
2023 deaths
American historians
American writers
Writers from Boston
MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty
Washington University in St. Louis faculty
University of Michigan faculty
Brandeis University faculty
Boston University faculty
20th-century American historians
Historians of the United States