William Henry Goetzmann Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
William H. Goetzmann (July 20, 1930 – September 7, 2010) was an award-winning historian and emeritus professor in the American Studies and American Civilization Programs at the University of Texas at Austin. He attended Yale University as a graduate student and was friends with Tom Wolfe while there. His work on the American West won him the highest prizes for historians, the Parkman Prize and the Pulitzer Prize. He has written and published extensively on American philosophy, American political history, and the American arts. An advocate for the importance of history as a public discussion, he has served in various capacities in television and film production, notably for PBS. He was most recently the Jack S. Blanton, Sr., Chair Emeritus in History and American Studies. His last book published during his lifetime was Beyond the Revolution: A History of American Thought From Paine to Pragmatism (2009).
Won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize in history and the 1967 Francis Parkman Prize for his book "Exploration and Empire: The Explorer and the Scientist in the Winning of the American West".
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Historian and author, specializing in the study of exploration and settlement of the American West.
$17 Million