Pulitzer Prize-winning Brown historian Gordon Wood dies at 92 after being struck by car

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 8, 2026

Words: 925

Last Updated: 3 days, 3 hours ago

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Tributes are pouring in for Gordon Wood, the Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian of the American Revolution, who died Sunday after he was struck by a car in a parking lot in East Providence. He was 92.

Brown University, where Wood was professor emeritus of history, confirmed his death in a statement from President Christina H. Paxson on Monday.

“A preeminent scholar of American history, Gordon Wood helped countless readers understand the events and forces …

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