One of America’s greatest historians just died at 92 after being hit by a car in a supermarket parking lot

Fortune•Tue, Jun 9, 2026, 03:28 PM•2 min read

Gordon S. Wood, professor emeritus at Brown University, wrote prize-winning works including "The Radicalism of the American Revolution.

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