death_date death_place birth_place subject nationality birth_date period image article_title name occupation
9 september 1943 new haven , connecticut , usa wethersfield , connecticut , usa american history , colonial history american 22 february 1863 1888 - 1937 charles mclean andrews.jpg charles mclean andrews
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charles mclean andrews

charles mclean andrews -lrb- february 22 , 1863 -- september 9 , 1943 -rrb- was one of the most distinguished american historians of his time as a leading authority on american colonial history .
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 .
