George Brown Tindall

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George Brown Tindall
Matt, Wilkins, and Ned

• Kenan Professor of History Emeritus at the
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

February 26, 1921- December 2, 2006
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Early Life

• He grew up in Greenville, SC in the 1920s and
  30s where his family ran a local hardware
  store.
• He graduated from Greenville Senior High School
  in 1938 and then went on to study at Furman
  University.

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Academics and Clubs

• At Greenville High, Tindall was in the Science
  Club.
• He was the winner of the Current Events Contest.
• He was in the Current Problems Club.
• His favorite quote is, Im a friend to all
  mankind.
• As a senior at Furman, he edited the campus
  literary magazine.

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Literary Works

• During his lifetime, Tindall published more than
  forty articles and half a dozen books including
  The Disruption of the Solid South (1972), The
  Persistent Tradition in New South Politics
  (1975), and The Ethnic Southerners (1976).

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Literary Works

• Tindalls most famous book was America A
  Narrative History.
• This book emphasizes centrality of culture,
  religion, and politics.
• Tindall strayed from the norm in writing this
  book by himself because most social history books
  at the time were written by many different
  authors.

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Family

• Tindall was married to Blossom McGarrity Tindall.
• He had a daughter named Blair Tindall, and a son
  named Bruce Tindall.
• Tindalls grandson is Leo Tindall.

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• He was loved by those who knew him. He died on
  December 2, 2006, in Chapel Hill at the age of 85.

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Sources

• www.historians.org
• alumni.unc.edu
• 1938 Greenville High Nautilus
• George Tindall Wall of Fame plaque