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Past Member

David Hancock

Martin L. and Sarah F. Leibowitz Member

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

History of the First British Empire; Business and Economic History of the Early Modern Atlantic World
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While at IAS, David Hancock will be working on a biography of William Fitzmaurice, second Earl of Shelburne and first Marquis of Lansdown (1737–1805), the Irish-born scholar, soldier, politician, aesthete, and office-holder who as prime minister crafted the peace that ended the American revolutionary war.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Spring

Degrees

Harvard University
Ph.D.
1990
Yale University
A.M.
1983
College of William and Mary
A.B.
1980

Appointments

The University of Michigan
1997–2021
Professor of History
Harvard University
1990–1997
Associate Professor of History