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Gordon S Wood, Pulitzer-prize winning historian, dies after being struck by a car in Rhode Island
A renowned academic, Wood was hit by a car as he was crossing a supermarket’s parking lot and later died of the injuries
TL;DR
- Gordon S. Wood, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, died at the age of 92 after being hit by a car in Rhode Island.
- He was known for his landmark book 'The Radicalism of the American Revolution' and other significant works on early American history.
- Wood was a professor emeritus at Brown University and a prominent critic of the 1619 Project.
- The driver who struck Wood remained at the scene and was cooperative with the police.
- His scholarship provided insights into the nation's founding and the drafting of the US Constitution.