American historian
Jerrell Harris Shofner (January 30, 1929 – April 11, 2017) was an American historian and professor of history at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He wrote 16 books, many about Florida's history. He chaired UCF's history department and became a professor emeritus at the school.
Shofner served in the United States Air Force between 1946 and 1960, earned a master's degree and a Ph.D. from Florida State University, and joined the University of Central Florida in 1972. He served as president of the Florida Historical Society. He married and had four children. He retired in 1990.
Shofner wrote about Florida's Black codes. He also wrote about "Militant Negro Laborers" during the Reconstruction era He also wrote about the drafting of the 1868 Florida Constitution. and forced labor.
Shofner's "History of Jefferson County" chronicles the area's development as a cotton producing region. George W. Reid described his book "Nor Is it Over Yet" on Florida during the Reconstruction Era as an "excellent example of high quality scholarship."
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