W. Bruce Lincoln (September 6, 1938 â€" April 9, 2000) was a scholar of early 20th century Russian history. Lincoln graduated with an A.B. and a Ph.D in 1960 and 1966 from the College of William and Mary and University of Chicago, respectively.
Career
Lincoln taught at Memphis State University from 1966â€"67 and at Northern Illinois University from 1967-99. Among his most prominent positions at NIU were:
- Presidential Research Professor, 1982-1986
- University Research Professor, 1986-1990
- Distinguished Research Professor and NIU Foundation Professor for Russian History, 1990-1999
- Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, 1999-Death
Publications
- Nikolai Miliutin: An Enlightened Russian Bureaucrat (1977) ISBN 0-89250-133-2
- Nicholas I: Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias (1978) ISBN 0-7139-0837-8
- Petr Petrovich Semenov-Tian-Shanskii: The Life of a Russian Geographer (1980) ISBN 0-89250-139-1
- The Romanovs: Autocrats of All the Russias (1981) ISBN 0-385-27187-5
- In the Vanguard of Reform: Russia's Enlightened Bureaucrats (1982) ISBN 0-87580-084-X
- In War's Dark Shadow: The Russians Before the Great War (1983) ISBN 0-385-27409-2
- Passage Through Armageddon: The Russians in War and Revolution (1986) ISBN 0-671-55709-2
- Red Victory: A History of the Russian Civil War (1989) ISBN 0-671-63166-7
- The Great Reforms: Autocracy, Bureaucracy, and the Politics of Change in Imperial Russia (1990) ISBN 0-87580-155-2
- The Conquest of a Continent: Siberia and the Russians (1994) ISBN 0-679-41214-X
- Between Heaven and Hell: The Story of A Thousand Years of Artistic Life in Russia (1998) ISBN 0-670-87568-6
- Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia (published posthumously, 2001) ISBN 978-0-465-08323-7
References
Lee Congdon, "W. Bruce Lincoln, 1938-2000," Slavic Review (Spring 2001) 60 no. 1, 229-230.
External links
- American Historical Association Memorial Article
