Edmund Morgan was born on 17 January 1916 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was married to Helen Theresa Mayer, Marie Caskey, Helen Mayer Morgan and Marie Caskey Morgan. He died on 8 July 2013 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
He was a leading scholar of the US colonial era who helped reinvigorate interest in the founding fathers. He published more than 15 books on early American history. When he was in his 80s, he wrote a best-selling biography of Benjamin Franklin.