Hall, Michael G. (Michael Garibaldi)

Michael G. Hall was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on January 8, 1926, and attended Princeton University, graduating with a B.A. in 1949. After receiving his undergraduate degree, Hall earned a Ph.D. in history from John Hopkins University in 1956. From 1956 until 1959, Hall served as a fellow at the Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1959, Hall came to the University of Texas at Austin, where he spent the remainder of his career as a history professor, initially focusing his research on Puritans in New England, but later expanding his interests to World History as a whole. He taught numerous classes at UT, including Basic Books in American History, History of Science in the Western World, Puritan New England to 1740, The Encounter: Anglo-Americans and Native Americans, World History to 1500, and Seminar in Early American History. Currently, Hall is a professor emeritus at UT, occasionally teaching freshmen seminars in World History.

Additionally, Hall served as the undergraduate advisor from 1965 until 1968, when he became Graduate Advisor and the Chairman of the Graduate Studies Committee. For four years, 1976-1980, he served as the Chairman of the History Department. Besides his professional activities in UT’s history department, Hall taught as a visiting professor at Columbia University, 1963; University of Pennsylvania, 1965; University of São Paulo, 1976; and Quaid-i-Aslam University, Pakistan, 1984-1985. He sat on the advisory council for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1990-1992, and the Board of Directors for the University Co-operative Society, 1996-2000. Furthermore, he belonged to numerous academic and non-academic organizations including the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts Historical Society, Colonial Society of Massachusetts, and the American Alpine Club.

Hall’s major publications include Edward Randolph and the American Colonies, 1676-1703, The Last American Puritan: The Life of Increase Mather, and "Jared Diamond and the 17th Century Encounter in North America." In addition, he edited The Autobiography of Increase Mather, The Glorious Revolution in America, and Science and Society in the United States .

Michael G. Hall was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on January 8, 1926, and attended Princeton University, graduating with a B.A. in 1949.

After receiving his undergraduate degree, Hall earned a Ph.D. in history from John Hopkins University in 1956. From 1956 until 1959, Hall served as a fellow at the Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Virginia. In 1959, Hall came to the University of Texas at Austin, where he spent the remainder of his career as a history professor, initially focusing his research on Puritans in New England, but later expanding his interests to World History as a whole. He taught numerous classes at UT, including Basic Books in American History, History of Science in the Western World, Puritan New England to 1740, The Encounter: Anglo-Americans and Native Americans, World History to 1500, and Seminar in Early American History. Currently, Hall is a professor emeritus at UT, occasionally teaching freshmen seminars in World History.