{{Short description|American historian}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Neal Salisbury | image = | image_size = | caption = Neal Salisbury | birth_date = 1940 | death_date = May 27, 2022 | birth_place = Los Angeles | death_place = | children = | occupation = Historian | spouse = }} '''Neal Salisbury''' (1940–2022) was an American historian and university professor. He specialized in Native American history.<ref name="autogenerated1940">{{cite web|url=https://www.oah.org/insights/posts/2022/june/in-memoriam-neal-salisbury-1940-2022/ |title=In Memoriam: Neal Salisbury (1940–2022) |publisher=OAH |date= |accessdate=2023-02-19}}</ref>
== Biography == Neal Salisbury was born in 1940 in Los Angeles.<ref name="autogenerated1940"/> He was married to Dana Wallach Salisbury and had one daughter.<ref name="autogenerated1940"/>
== Education == He completed his bachelor's and master's degree from UCLA.<ref name="historians1940">{{cite web|url=https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/october-2022/neal-salisbury-(1940%E2%80%932022) |title=Neal Salisbury (1940–2022) | Perspectives on History | AHA |publisher=Historians.org |date= |accessdate=2023-02-19}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1940"/> He studied under Gary Nash who convinced him to become a historian.<ref name="historians1940"/><ref name="autogenerated1940"/>
== Career == He served as the Barbara Richmond 1940 Professor Emeritus in the Social Sciences at Smith College from 1973 to 2014.<ref name="smith1">{{cite web|url=https://www.smith.edu/academics/faculty/neal-salisbury |title=Neal Salisbury | Smith College |publisher=Smith.edu |date= |accessdate=2023-02-19}}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1940"/>
== Death == Salisbury died on May 27, 2022.<ref name="autogenerated1940"/>
== Awards == He has been awarded fellowships by the Smithsonian Institution, the Newberry Library, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Charles Warren Center at Harvard, the National Humanities Center, the American Antiquarian Society, and the American Council of Learned Societies.<ref name="smith1"/>
He was also named an honorary member of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts and was the Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American Antiquarian Society.<ref name="autogenerated1940"/>
== Bibliography == His notable books include:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/neal-salisbury/202200/ |title=Neal Salisbury Books | List of books by author Neal Salisbury |publisher=Thriftbooks.com |date= |accessdate=2023-02-19}}</ref>
* ''Sovereignty and the Goodness of God & Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin & Cherokee Removal'' * ''The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People'' * ''A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733–1816'' * ''The Plains Sioux and U.S. Colonialism from Lewis and Clark to Wounded Knee'' * ''The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, Volume I: To 1877'' * ''Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500–1643''
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== External links == * [https://www.smith.edu/academics/faculty/neal-salisbury Official Website] * [https://www.oah.org/insights/posts/2022/june/in-memoriam-neal-salisbury-1940-2022/ Organization of American Historians]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salisbury, Neal}} Category:American historians Category:21st-century American academics Category:1940 births Category:2022 deaths Category:20th-century American academics