Lloyd Ultan (historian)

Lloyd Ultan (born 1938) is a historian and author. A native of The Bronx in New York City, he has been the borough's historian since 1996.[1] He is a professor of history at Fairleigh Dickinson University's Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies and a member of the adjunct faculty at Lehman College.[2][3] Ultan received a B.A. in history from Hunter College in 1959 and an M.A. in history from Columbia University in 1960.[4]

Lloyd Ultan
Born1938 (age 81–82)
The Bronx, New York City
Alma materHunter College
Columbia University
OccupationHistorian
EmployerFairleigh Dickinson University
OrganizationThe Bronx County Historical Society
Known forHistories of The Bronx
Notable work
The Northern Borough: A History Of The Bronx
TitleBronx Borough Historian
PredecessorDr. William A. Tieck

He has written several books, including The Beautiful Bronx (1920-1950), The Bronx in the Innocent Years: 1890-1925, and Bronx Accent.[5][6] Ultan is renowned for his walking tours.[7] His predecessor as the official Bronx Borough Historian was Dr. William A. Tieck, who served from 1980 to 1996.[8]

Selected works
  • The Northern Borough: A History Of The Bronx (2009), popular general history
  • The Bronx in the frontier era: from the beginning to 1696 (1994)
  • The Beautiful Bronx (1920–1950) (1979), heavily illustrated
  • The Birth of the Bronx, 1609–1900 (2000), popular
  • The Bronx in the innocent years, 1890–1925 (1985), popular
  • The Bronx: It Was Only Yesterday, 1935–1965 (1992), heavily illustrated popular history
  • "History of the Bronx River," Paper presented to the Bronx River Alliance, November 5, 2002 (notes taken by Maarten de Kadt, November 16, 2002), retrieved on August 29, 2008. This 2½ hour talk covers much of the early history of the Bronx as a whole, in addition to the Bronx River.
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See also

References
  1. "Bronx Borough Historian Lloyd Ultan Marks 15 Years in Office" (Press release). Bronx Borough President. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  2. "Lloyd Ultan - Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)". view2.fdu.edu. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  3. Parker, Sydney (April 4, 2010), "Bronx historian Lloyd Ultan puts the borough in perspective with books and walking tours", The Daily News, retrieved 2012-02-08
  4. https://view2.fdu.edu/faculty-staff-profile-pages/lloyd_ultan/
  5. Ultan, Lloyd; Unger, Barbara (2000), Bronx Accent A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough, Rutgers University Press, ISBN 0-8135-3862-9
  6. "Lloyd Ultan: used books, rare books and new books @ BookFinder.com". BookFinder.com.
  7. "FDU News Highlights". Fairleigh Dickinson University. Archived from the original on 2012-01-08. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  8. Thomas, Robert Mcg. Jr. (January 20, 1997). "Dr. William A. Tieck, Minister And a Bronx Historian, 89". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
Educational offices
Preceded by
Dr. William A. Tieck		 Bronx Borough Historian
1996–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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