Frederic Logan Paxson

Frederic Logan Paxson (1877-1948) was an American historian. He had also been President of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. He had undergraduate and PhD degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a maste's from Harvard University. He taught at Wisconsin (1910 to 1932). As a historian he was an authority on the American frontier. His 1925 Pulitzer Prize was for History of the American Frontier, 1763-1893.