Dr. Alan Tully

Biography

Alan Tully is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin. He joined the university as the Eugene C. Barker Centennial Professor of American History in 2002. His research focuses on Early American History and Early American Political Culture. Tully has authored several significant works, including 'William Penn’s Legacy: Politics and Social Structure in Provincial Pennsylvania, 1726-1755' (1977), 'Forming American Politics: Ideals, Interests, and Institutions in Colonial New York and Pennsylvania' (1994), and 'Culture and Identities in Colonial British America' (2006), which he co-edited with Robert Olwell. He earned his Ph.D. in History from Johns Hopkins University in 1973, establishing a robust academic career dedicated to the study of the formative years of American political thought.

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