Edward J. Larson
Edward J. Larson  | |
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Larson at the 2015 National Book Festival  | |
| Born | September 21, 1953 Mansfield, Ohio, U.S.  | 
| Alma mater | Williams College Harvard University University of Wisconsin–Madison  | 
| Genre | History of science | 
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for History | 
Edward John Larson (born September 21, 1953) is an American historian and legal scholar. He is university professor of history and holds the Hugh & Hazel Darling Chair in Law at Pepperdine University. He was formerly Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law and Richard B. Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia. He continues to serve as a senior fellow of the University of Georgia's Institute of Higher Education, and is currently a professor at Pepperdine School of Law, where he teaches several classes including Property for the 1Ls.