Lloyd Ultan (historian)

Lloyd Ultan
Born 1938 (age 79–80)
The Bronx, New York City
Alma mater Columbia University
Occupation Historian, History professor
Employer Fairleigh Dickinson University
Organization The Bronx County Historical Society
Known for Histories of The Bronx
Notable work The Northern Borough: A History Of The Bronx
Title Bronx Borough Historian
Predecessor Dr. William A. Tieck

Lloyd Ultan (born 1938) is a historian, author and professor. A native of The Bronx in New York City, he has been the borough's historian since 1996.[1] He is a professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Lehman College.[2][3] He has written several books, including The Beautiful Bronx (1920-1950), The Bronx in the Innocent Years: 1890-1925, and Bronx Accent.[4][5] Ultan is renowned for his walking tours.[6] Ultan's predecessor as the official Bronx Borough Historian was Dr. William A. Tieck, who served from 1980 to 1996.[7]

Selected works

  • The Northern Borough: A History Of The Bronx (2009), popular general history
  • The Bronx in the frontier era: from the beginning to 1696 (1994)
  • The Beautiful Bronx (1920–1950) (1979), heavily illustrated
  • The Birth of the Bronx, 1609–1900 (2000), popular
  • The Bronx in the innocent years, 1890–1925 (1985), popular
  • The Bronx: It Was Only Yesterday, 1935–1965 (1992), heavily illustrated popular history
  • "History of the Bronx River," Paper presented to the Bronx River Alliance, November 5, 2002 (notes taken by Maarten de Kadt, November 16, 2002), retrieved on August 29, 2008. This 2½ hour talk covers much of the early history of the Bronx as a whole, in addition to the Bronx River.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bronx Borough Historian Lloyd Ultan Marks 15 Years in Office" (Press release). Bronx Borough President. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Lloyd Ultan - Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)". view2.fdu.edu. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Parker, Sydney (April 4, 2010), "Bronx historian Lloyd Ultan puts the borough in perspective with books and walking tours", The Daily News, retrieved 2012-02-08
  4. ↑ Ultan, Lloyd; Unger, Barbara (2000), Bronx Accent A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough, Rutgers University Press, ISBN 0-8135-3862-9
  5. ↑ "Lloyd Ultan: used books, rare books and new books @ BookFinder.com". BookFinder.com.
  6. ↑ "FDU News Highlights". Fairleigh Dickinson University.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Robert Mcg. Jr. (January 20, 1997). "Dr. William A. Tieck, Minister And a Bronx Historian, 89". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
Educational offices
Preceded by
Dr. William A. Tieck		 Bronx Borough Historian
1996–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.