William Archibald Dunning was an American historian and political scientist at Columbia University noted for his work on the Reconstruction era of the United States. He founded the informal Dunning School of interpreting the Reconstruction era through his own writings and the Ph.D. dissertations of his numerous students.
- Occupation
- historian, university teacher, biographer
- Position held
- chairperson
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- May 12, 1857
- Died
- August 15, 1922