Lacey baldwin smith biography

American historian and author (1922–2013)

Lacey Baldwin Smith (1922 – September 8, 2013^[1]) was an historian and author specialising in 16th-century England. He was the author of Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty and Catherine Howard: A Tudor Tragedy, among other books.

Born in Princeton, New Jersey, Smith taught at Princeton University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Northwestern University. He received two Fulbright awards, two National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and other awards. He lived in Vermont during his retirement, dying at Greensboro.^[2]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1972.^[3]

Works

• Tudor Prelates and Politics, 1536–1558 (Princeton Studies in History. vol. 8.) (1953)
• Catherine Howard: A Tudor Tragedy
• The Elizabethan Epic (1966)
• The Horizon Book of the Elizabethan World (1966; Reprinted as The Elizabethan World, 1973)
• Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty (1973)
• Elizabeth Tudor: Portrait of a Queen (
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  Lacey Baldwin Smith, a 'Big Name Historian', Dies at 90

  EVANSTON, Ill. --- Lacey Baldwin Smith, professor emeritus of history at Northwestern University, died at home in Greensboro, Vt., on Sept. 8. He was 90 years old. 

  Smith, who was named Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities in 1985, retired from Northwestern in 1993 but continued his relationship with the university through guest-professor positions.

  Smith was a Guggenheim fellow, twice a Fulbright recipient, and twice recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities award. He was considered one of the “big name” historians, yet his writing was considered to be as entertaining as it was erudite.

  Each year Northwestern’s history department recognizes two outstanding graduate student teachers with the Lacey Baldwin Smith Prize for Teaching Excellence given to the most outstanding seminar leader and the most outstanding discussion section leader. 

  “Lacey was a brilliant historian, a captivating teacher, an astute and gentle colleague, and a calm and wise citizen of the university,” said Peter

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  Smith, Lacey Baldwin, 1922-2013

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  Lacey Baldwin Smith, professor of history at Northwestern University, was born on October 3, 1922. After teaching at various universities, Smith came to Northwestern in 1955 as an associate professor in the History department. During his career, Smith won many awards, including two Fulbrights and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Smith remained at Northwestern even past his retirement in 1993, staying in the capacity of a guest-professor.
  
  Smith's father was a professor of art and archaeology at Princeton University. For his B.S., Lacey B. Smith attended Bowdoin College, graduating in 1946. He was stationed in Bangalore, India with the United States Army Air Corps from 1943-1946, an experience which he drew upon for a later publication. He continued his education, receiving an M.A. in history from Princeton University in 1949. For the year of 1949-1950, he was a Fulbright Scholar at London University, returning to Princeton to finish up his Ph.D. in history in 1951, his dissertation entitled “Tudor Prelates and Politics (1536-1558)”.
  
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