Willard Hughes Rollings

Non-Fiction Author

Birthday September 8, 1948

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace New Mexico

DEATH DATE Jul 30, 2008 (59)

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About

An author specializing in Native American history, he is known for works such as The Osage: An Ethnohistorical Study of Hegemony on the Prairie-Plains (1992) and The Comanche: The Indians of North America Series (1989).

Before Fame

He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in history from New Mexico State University. He later earned his Ph.D. from Texas Tech University.

Trivia

He began teaching at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 1989.

Family Life

He was the child of Ira and Georgia Luella Rollings, and he grew up in New Mexico's Rio Grande Valley. He married Barbara Williams-Rollings.

Associated With

William H. Prescott also worked as a historian.