Charles McLean Andrews

Charles McLean Andrews, Ph.D, L.H.D. (February 22, 1863 – September 9, 1943) was an American historian and professor at Yale University whose ''Colonial Period of American History'', vol. 1 of 4, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1935. Among his other books are ''British committees, commissions, and councils of trade and plantations, 1622-1675'' (Johns Hopkins Press, 1908), co-author of the 1910 publication titled ''A bibliography of history for schools and libraries: with description and critical annotations'', and ''The Colonial Period'' (1912).

He wrote 102 major scholarly articles and books, as well as over 360 book reviews, newspaper articles, and short items. He is especially known as a leader of the "Imperial school" of historians who studied, and generally admired, the efficiency of the British Empire in the 18th century. Kross argues: :His intangible legacy is twofold. First is his insistence that all history be based on facts and that the evidence be found, organized, and weighed. Second is his injunction that colonial America can never be understood without taking into account England. Provided by Wikipedia