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name: Richard B. Morris
about: Richard B. Morris, (1904-89) was Gouverneur Morris Professor of History at Columbia University &amp; past president of the American Historical Association. He wrote more than 40 books spanning legal, labor, diplomatic, political &amp; social history, including The Peacemakers: The Great Powers &amp; American Independence, The Forging of the Union 1781-89, Witnesses at the Creation, Government &amp; Labor in Early America &amp; Studies in the History of American Law. He lectured throughout the world, serving as Fulbright Research Professor at the Sorbonne &amp; Distinguished Professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin.