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|birth_place = Malden, Massachusetts20081512|19}}|death_place = Olympia, Washington|citizenship = United States|fields = History (American Civil War)|workplaces = University of BridgeportLawrence Academy at GrotonBoston UniversityUniversity of WisconsinUniversity of New Hampshire (Bachelor of Science>B.S.)Boston University (Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy>PhD.)|awards = Guggenheim Fellow (1957)Huntington Library Fellow (1966)President of the Lincoln Group of Boston (1969–74)Fellow of the Society of American Historians (1974)R. Gerald McMurtry Lecturer on Abraham Lincoln (1981)Pulitzer Prize for History (1988)Fortenbaugh Lecturer at Gettysburg College (1989)ACCESS-DATE=2011-09-24 WORK=OBITUARY TIMES, HTTP://WWW.FUNERALALTERNATIVES.ORG/OBIT_RESULTS.ASP?OBITKEY=1004 >TITLE=FUNERAL ALTERNATIVES OF WASHINGTON - PLANNING & SERVICES PUBLISHER=FUNERAL ALTERNATIVES OF WASHINGTON, INC. YEAR=2011 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120402221502/HTTP://WWW.FUNERALALTERNATIVES.ORG/OBIT_RESULTS.ASP?OBITKEY=1004, dead, }}Robert Vance Bruce (December 19, 1923 in Malden, Massachusetts – January 15, 2008 in Olympia, Washington) was an American historian specializing in the American Civil War, who won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 (1987).WEB,weblink The Pulitzer Prizes - History, 2011-09-23, The Pulitzer Prizes, September 2011, After serving in the Army during World War II, Bruce graduated from the University of New Hampshire, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He received his Master of Arts in history and his Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University, where he was later a professor.NEWS, 2000, Literary Sleuthing,weblink Louis, Mazzari, 2011-09-23, University of New Hampshire Alumni Association, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110925195548weblink">weblink 2011-09-25, He also taught at the University of Bridgeport, Lawrence Academy at Groton, and the University of Wisconsin. Bruce was also a lecturer at the Fortenbaugh Lecture at Gettysburg College.WEB,weblink Gettysburg College - Past Fortenbaugh Speakers, 2011-09-23, Gettysburg College, 2010,

Plagiarism controversy

In April 1998, Bruce accused Scottish historian James A. Mackay of plagiarizing his book Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and The Conquest of Solitude, even as Mackay acknowledged Bruce on page 12 of his book.NEWS, Repeat Accusations Of Plagiarism Taint Prolific Biographer, Ralph, Blumenthal, Sarah Lyall,weblink The New York Times, September 21, 1999, 2011-09-23, NEWS, Media Talk; Pulitzer-Winning Writer Cries Foul Over a Bell Biography, Doreen, Carvajal, The New York Times, June 22, 1998, 2011-09-23,weblink Accusations also appeared in the review of Mackay's book by The Washington Post.NEWS, The Bell Curve, Judith, Shulevitz, June 11, 1998,weblink 2011-09-23, Slate (magazine), Slate, By Bruce's own count, 285 pages of Mackay's 297-page book Alexander Graham Bell: A Life contained plagiarisms from his book, including Mackay's acknowledging the National Geographic Society and other organizations that had not heard of Mackay. Eventually, John Wiley & Sons took the book out of print and destroyed any remaining copies at Mackay's expense in exchange for Bruce's promise not to sue.NEWS, Scotching Plagiarism, Robert V., Bruce,weblink History News Network, July 8, 2002, 2011-09-23, Mackay also later apologized to Bruce.WEB,weblink Plagiarism: A Case of Not Avoiding It, 2011-09-24, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Curran, Jeanne, Susan R., Takata, 1999-09-21, The American Historical Association later found that Mackay had violated its Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct.JOURNAL, American Historical Association, American Historical Association, March 2001, Perspectives, 39, 3, American Historical Association,weblink Council Decides on Complaint Filed with the Professional Division,

Bibliography

Bruce wrote multiple works:WEB,weblink Bruce, Robert V. (WorldCat Identities), 2011-09-23, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc, 2010,

• Lincoln and the Tools of War (1956) {{ISBN|978-0252060908}}
• 1877: Year of Violence (1959) {{ISBN|978-0929587059}}
• Two Roads to Plenty: An Analysis of American History (1964)
• Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude (1973) {{ISBN|9780316112512}}
• Alexander Graham Bell: Teacher of the Deaf (1974)
• Lincoln and the Riddle of Death (1981)
• The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 (1987) {{ISBN|9780394553948}} (Pulitzer Prize for History winner)
• BOOK, The Historian's Lincoln: Rebuttals: What the University Press Would Not Print, 1988, 21762068, Gettysburg College, Bruce, Robert, Boritt, Gabor, Gabor Boritt,
• The Shadow of A Coming War (1989)
• Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures (1992) (with Gabor Boritt) {{ISBN|9780195078916}}

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