Charles Capper (1944 – July 1, 2021) was an American historian known for his work on Transcendentalism and his biographies of Margaret Fuller. Life Capper graduated from Johns Hopkins University and UC Berkeley with an M.A. and Ph.D. in history. From 1986 until 2001, he was a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 2001 he has been Professor of History at Boston University. In 1993, his first book, Margaret Fuller: An American Romantic Life, won the Bancroft Prize. Seven editions of his volume The American Intellectual Tradition, co-edited with David Hollinger, have been published. In 2002, Capper co-founded the journal Modern Intellectual History with Nicholas Phillipson and Anthony J. La Vopa. He died in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 1, 2021, from complications of Parkinson's disease. Awards 1993 Bancroft Prize 1994 Guggenheim Fellowship National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship National Humanities Center Fellowship Charles Warren Center Fellowship Works Anthony J. La Vopa, Nicholas Phillipson, Charles Capper, eds. Modern Intellectual History. References External links "Winner of the 1993 Bancroft Prize ", Oxford University Press 1944 births 2021 deaths 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Johns Hopkins University alumni UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science alumni University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty Boston University faculty Bancroft Prize winners American male non-fiction writers