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Pages in category "Historians of Texas" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Eugene C. Barker;
Texas State Historical Association charter members (6 P) Pages in category "Historians from Texas" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total.
Joseph Francis Tolbert (July 27, 1912 – January 10, 1984), better known as Frank X. Tolbert, was a Texas journalist, historian, and chili enthusiast. For the Dallas Morning News, he wrote a local history column called Tolbert's Texas that ran from 1946 until his death in 1984.
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
Theodore Reed "T. R." Fehrenbach, Jr. (January 12, 1925 – December 1, 2013) was an American historian, columnist, and the former head of the Texas Historical Commission (1987–1991). [1]
Ben Hamill Procter (February 21, 1927 – April 17, 2012) was a historian who served from 1957 to 2000 on the faculty of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.. A native of Temple, Texas, Procter moved with his family to Austin, where he graduated from Stephen F. Austin High School.
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Hardin is considered a leading expert in the world in Texas military and social history. He is widely cited with regards to the Battle of the Alamo.Hardin has also appeared on the History Channel in "The Alamo Documentary: A True Story of Courage" [2] He was also a historic advisor to John Lee Hancock's 2004 movie, The Alamo, starring Billy Bob Thornton.