Clement Eaton

Clement Eaton
Born	February 23, 1898 Winston-Salem, NC
Died	August 12, 1980 (aged 82)
Nationality	American
Fields	Southern History
Institutions	Lafayette College Harvard University
Alma mater	University of North Carolina University of Kentucky
Notable awards	Guggenheim Fellowship, three Fulbright scholarships

Clement Eaton (23 February 1898 in Winston-Salem, NC – 12 August 1980) was an American historian who specialized in the American South.^[1]

He received his education from the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. He was chair of the History Department at Lafayette College from 1931 to 1942 and then a faculty member of the University of Kentucky.^[1]

Selected writings

• History of the Old South: The Emergence of a Reluctant Nation
• A History of the Southern Confederacy
• The Freedom-of-Thought Struggle in the Old South (1940)
• The Growth of Southern Civilization, 1790-1860 (1961)
• Mind of the Old South
• Henry Clay and the Art of American Politics
• The Waning of the Old South Civilization 1860-1880, Univ. of Geo press, 1969

References

1. Inventory of the Clement Eaton Recollections, 1976

External links

• Inventory of the Clement Eaton Recollections, in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill