| 1 | Name: | Dr. Robert L. Middlekauff | |
| Institution: | University of California, Berkeley | ||
| Year Elected: | 1997 | ||
| Class: | 3. Social Sciences | ||
| Subdivision: | 303. History Since 1715 | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1929 | ||
| Death Date: | March 10, 2021 | ||
Robert L. Middlekauff was Preston Hotchkiss Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. After earning his Ph.D. in history from Yale University in 1961, he became a member of Berkeley's faculty in 1962. In 1983 he became Director of the Huntington Library, Art Gallery, and Botanical Gardens. Dr. Middlekauff returned to the history department at Berkeley in 1988. Noted for his dedication to his students, he is the recipient of both the Berkeley Citation for Distinguished Achievement and Notable Service to the University (1983) and the Distinguished Teaching Award (1996). Dr. Middlekauff is in the first rank of historians of his generation. His studies of New England Puritan culture are a benchmark in a field that has reached a degree of sophistication above any other in American intellectual history. Major volumes by Dr. Middlekauff include The Mathers: Three Generations of Puritan Intellectuals, for which he received the 1972 Bancroft Prize, and Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies. He is also a frequent contributor of scholarly articles, chapters, and reviews in various journals and books. Robert Middlekauff was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1997. He died on March 10, 2021. | |||