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Robert Roswell Palmer (January 11, 1909 – June 11, 2002), commonly known as R.R. Palmer, is best known for his work as a history text writer. Married to Esther, he had three children and four grandchildren. Born in Chicago, Illinois, United States, Palmer accelerated through the public schools, even winning a contest to write a play in Latin. He received his PhD from Cornell University and taught at Princeton University for about 30 years.
He, Colton, and Kramer have collaborated on the work A History of the Modern World which has nine published editions as of November 2004. The text is used in many colleges and many Advanced Placement History high school classes. The text is written in the style of an essay, thus his introduction is from the dawn of man to the year 1300 C.E. (when the book was written A.D. and B.C. were the predominant dating eras). The text then covers everything from the Black Death to the Fall of the Soviet Union in European history. The book however, is not entirely chronological and is grouped into categories based on ideas, i.e. the effect of the French Revolution on modern and ancients' thought may be mentioned before the French Revolution itself. The essay closes with current history, and does not restrict itself to the confines of European involvement, as most of the essay does.
Other works by Palmer include Twelve Who Ruled, Believers and Unbelievers in 18th Century France, The World of the French Revolution, The Coming of the French Revolution, and The Age of Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800.
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