Edwin G. Burrows

Distinguished Professor of History

Professor Burrows is a scholar of early American history and the history of New York City. He is the coauthor of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (Oxford University Press, 1998), which won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for History. His latest book, Prisoners of New York (Harper & Row, 2006) deals with American POWs during the Revolutionary War. Burrows lectures frequently on subjects relating to the history of New York and has appeared in documentary films on the American Revolution, the Brooklyn Bridge, the history of the New York Police Department, and other subjects. In 2000 he was elected a Fellow of the prestigious Society of American Historians. He held the Claire and Leonard Tow chair in History for 1999-2000 and was Broeklundian Professor of History from 2001 to 2003. Mayor Rudolph Guiliani named him a "Centennial Historian of New York" in 1998. Professor Burrows received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Selected publications:

Prisoners of New York (Harper & Row, 2006)
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (Oxford University Press, 1998)
Albert Gallatin and the Political Economy of Republicanism, 1761-1800 (Garland, 1986)