Robert M. Crunden

Crunden was born on December 23, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey. He grew up in New Jersey and Nova Scotia, Canada. He earned a PhD in History from Harvard University in 1967. His dissertation director was Frank Freidel. ==Career==

Crunden taught History and American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin from 1967 until his death in 1999. He was awarded a Fulbright senior lectureship to teach at La Trobe University in Australia in 1978. Crunden was the author of many books, including American Salons: Encounters with European Modernism, 1885-1917, which was translated into many languages. ==Personal life and death==

Crunden had three daughters. He died of a heart attack on March 23, 1999, in Austin, Texas. ==Works==

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