Reginald Horsman
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| Born | October 24, 1931 Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | August 20, 2025 (aged 93) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham Indiana University Bloomington |
| Occupation | Historian |
Reginald Horsman (October 24, 1931 – August 20, 2025) was an English-born American historian.
Early life and career
[edit]Horsman was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, the son of William Alfred Horsman[1] and Elizabeth Thompson. He attended the University of Birmingham, earning his bachelor's degree in 1952 and his master's degree in 1955.[2] He also attended Indiana University Bloomington, earning his PhD degree in American history in 1958.[3]
Horsman served as a professor in the department of history at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee from 1964 to 1999; he was named the university's first distinguished professor in 1973. Horsman received numerous awards during his career, including the Kiekhofer Teaching Award (1961), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1965), and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Award for Teaching Excellence (1995).[1][4][5][6][7]
Horsman was the author of numerous books on Native American and nineteenth-century U.S. history[2]:
- The Causes of the War of 1812 (1962)
- Matthew Elliott, British Indian Agent (1964)
- Expansion and American Indian Policy, 1783-1812 (1967)
- The Frontier in the Formative Years, 1783-1815 (1970)
- Race and Manifest Destiny: The Origins of American Racial Anglo-Saxonism (1981)
- The Diplomacy of the New Republic, 1776-1815 (1985)
- Josiah Nott of Mobile: Southerner, Physician, and Racial Theorist (1987)
- Frontier Doctor: William Beaumont, America's First Great Medical Scientist (1996)
- Feast or Famine: Food and Drink in American Westward Expansion (2008)
Personal life and death
[edit]In 1955, Horsman married Lenore McNabb, a pianist. Their marriage lasted until her death in 2023.[8]
Horsman died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 20, 2025, at the age of 93.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Reginald Horsman Obituary (1931–2025)". The New York Times. August 24, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ a b "Reginald Horsman". NNDB. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "Reginald Horsman". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. August 22, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ a b "Reginald Horsman". Feerick Funeral Home. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "Reginald Horsman". University of Oklahoma Press. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ Daly, Jim (April 15, 1988). "How the Northwest was won: Professor tells of shaping of republic". Leader-Telegram. Eau Claire, Wisconsin. p. 3. Retrieved August 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Distinguished Professors". Academic Affairs. Retrieved January 13, 2026.
- ^ "Lenore Horsman". Feerick Funeral Home. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
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