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Francis Jennings was born on 1918 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American historian. Discover Francis Jennings's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?
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Historian, author |
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82 years old |
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1918, 1918 |
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1918 |
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Pottsville, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Date of death |
17 November, 2000 |
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| Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous Historian with the age 82 years old group.
Francis Jennings Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Francis Jennings's Wife?
His wife is Joan Woollcott
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Joan Woollcott |
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Francis Jennings Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Francis Jennings worth at the age of 82 years old? Francis Jennings’s income source is mostly from being a successful Historian. He is from United States. We have estimated Francis Jennings's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
Historian |
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Timeline
Jennings was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania in 1918, just before the close of World War I.
He graduated from Pottsville High School in 1935 and Temple University in 1939.
After graduating from Temple University, he stayed in Philadelphia and taught high school English and history at Franklin High School.
He then married Joan Woollcott, and started a family.
After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the United States Army in 1942 and attended basic training in Fort Eustis, Virginia.
He was then transferred the 231 Station Hospital at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, then to England in 1943, where he was the chief clerk of a headquarters unit.
After returning home from the war, earned a master's degree in education and two more children were born.
In 1956, he purchased a used set of his works.
In his reading of Parkman he argued it contained a heavy strain of American exceptionalism or ideology and revisited Parkman's sources.
The Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture published his own work on colonial Indian relationships offered by Parkman in the Watergate-era titled Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism, and the Cant of Conquest.
Jennings spent his last years as the Senior Research Fellow at the Newberry Library of Chicago and earlier as the director of the Newberry Library's D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History.
Jennings earned a PhD in 1965 at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jennings was interested in American historiography and the influence of ideology in the case of Francis Parkman.
He taught at Cedar Crest College from 1968 to 1976, and at the Moore College of Art from 1966 to 1968.
Francis "Fritz" Paul Jennings (1918 – November 17, 2000) was an American historian, best known for his works on the colonial history of the United States.
He died on November 17, 2000, after a long illness.
