# Charles Capper

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For the politician, see [Charles Capper (politician)](/source/Charles_Capper_(politician)).

**Charles Capper** (1944 – July 1, 2021) was an American [historian](/source/Historian) known for his work on [Transcendentalism](/source/Transcendentalism) and his biographies of [Margaret Fuller](/source/Margaret_Fuller).

## Life

Capper graduated from [Johns Hopkins University](/source/Johns_Hopkins_University) and [UC Berkeley](/source/University_of_California,_Berkeley) with an M.A. and Ph.D. in history. From 1986 until 2001, he was a professor of history at the [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill). Since 2001 he has been Professor of History at [Boston University](/source/Boston_University).[1] In 1993, his first book, *Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life*, won the [Bancroft Prize](/source/Bancroft_Prize). Seven editions of his volume *The American Intellectual Tradition*, co-edited with [David Hollinger](/source/David_Hollinger), have been published.[2] In 2002, Capper co-founded the journal *Modern Intellectual History* with Nicholas Phillipson and Anthony J. La Vopa.[3] He died in [Minneapolis, Minnesota](/source/Minneapolis,_Minnesota), on July 1, 2021, from complications of [Parkinson's disease](/source/Parkinson's_disease).[4]

## Awards

- 1993 [Bancroft Prize](/source/Bancroft_Prize)
- 1994 [Guggenheim Fellowship](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship)[5]
- [National Endowment for the Humanities](/source/National_Endowment_for_the_Humanities) Fellowship
- National Humanities Center Fellowship
- Charles Warren Center Fellowship

## Works

- [*Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life*](https://books.google.com/books?id=oGJF4agSa_QC&q=Charles+Capper). Oxford University Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-19-509267-7.
- Charles Capper & Cristina Giorcelli (eds.) (2007). [*Margaret Fuller: transatlantic crossings in a revolutionary age*](https://books.google.com/books?id=aGoQZ3Pzal8C&q=Charles+Capper). University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-22340-3.
- Charles Capper & Conrad Edick Wright (eds.) (1999). [*Transient and Permanent: The Transcendentalist Movement in Its Contexts*](https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780934909761). Massachusetts Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-934909-76-1.
- David A. Hollinger & Charles Capper (eds.) (2006). *The American Intellectual Tradition*. 5th ed. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-518339-9.
- Anthony J. La Vopa, Nicholas Phillipson, Charles Capper, eds. *Modern Intellectual History*. ISSN [1479-2443](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1479-2443)

## References

1. ["Boston University Department of History Faculty"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091213015035/http://www.bu.edu/history/faculty.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.bu.edu/history/faculty.html) on 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-29.

1. David A. Hollinger and Charles Capper, eds., *The American Intellectual Tradition: A Source Book* (New York, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016).

1. David A. Hollinger, "Charles Capper, Romantic America, and Intellectual History," *Modern Intellectual History* (2018).

1. ["Charles Capper, 1944-2021 | Society for US Intellectual History"](https://s-usih.org/2021/07/charles-capper-1943-2021/)

1. ["Charles Capper - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604004918/http://www.gf.org/fellows/2253-charles-capper). Archived from [the original](http://www.gf.org/fellows/2253-charles-capper) on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-12-29.

## External links

- ["Winner of the 1993 Bancroft Prize ", *Oxford University Press*](https://web.archive.org/web/20120308095551/http://www.us.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/HistoryAmerican/Women/?view=usa&ci=9780195045796&view=usa)

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