Category: Biography

Guest post by Whit Gibbons How do you go from being a nature-loving kid in Alabama to the most respected biologist in America? Here’s one story of E. O. Wilson’s remarkable journey as we celebrate his 85th birthday on June 10, 2014. Without knowing it, I first crossed the wake of Edward Osborne Wilson in 1955…

Guest post by Whit Gibbons How do you go from being a nature-loving kid in Alabama to the most respected biologist in America? Here’s one story of E. O. Wilson’s remarkable journey as we celebrate his 85th birthday on June 10, 2014. Without knowing it, I first crossed the wake of Edward Osborne Wilson in 1955…

Guest post by Mame Warren Reading other people’s mail, particularly when one of the correspondents is George C. Marshall, provides an absorbing opportunity to delve into stories behind the official history. One of the towering figures of the twentieth century, Marshall helped orchestrate the Allied victory in World War II as chief of staff of…

Guest post by David Curtis Skaggs  On May 11, 1814 the most successful US Army general so far in the War of 1812 tendered his resignation in a dispute with the secretary of the army. The man many expected to become commander of the misled, disorganized, and unsuccessful soldiers on the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River…

Guest post by David Curtis Skaggs  On May 11, 1814 the most successful US Army general so far in the War of 1812 tendered his resignation in a dispute with the secretary of the army. The man many expected to become commander of the misled, disorganized, and unsuccessful soldiers on the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River…

Guest post by Stephen H. Grant The Bard Will was born on the same day he died—and no one knows for sure on what day he was born. No birth certificate has been found for William Shakespeare. The closest thing is a baptism certificate dated April 26, 1564, in the parish register at Stratford-upon-Avon. Shakespeare’s…

Hands down, Albert Einstein was THE giant of the twentieth century, and so it's only appropriate and expected that scholars and laypersons alike would continue to celebrate his life, work, and legacy in books, films, and other works well into the twenty-first century. No slouches here at JHU Press, we've been publishing books about Einstein…

Hands down, Albert Einstein was THE giant of the twentieth century, and so it's only appropriate and expected that scholars and laypersons alike would continue to celebrate his life, work, and legacy in books, films, and other works well into the twenty-first century. No slouches here at JHU Press, we've been publishing books about Einstein…

March roars in with a variety of events suitable for lionizing, and JHU Press authors, editors, and staff will keep busy all month. Stephen H. Grant loved the idea that the official publication date for Collecting Shakespeare would be the Ides of March, and several events around that date welcome his book. At Hunter College,…

Attention humanities scholars and lovers of literature: We're pleased to open the "doors" to our virtual exhibit in support of the 2014 annual meeting of the Modern Language Association. Simply click the banner below to enter and browse over 100 new, recent, and forthcoming books and our entire selection of academic journals. The books are…