Francis Paul "Fritz" Jennings (1918 – November 17, 2000) was an American historian, best known for his works on the colonial history of the United States.
[1] After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the United States Army in 1942 and attended basic training in Fort Eustis, Virginia.
[2] He was then transferred the 231 Station Hospital at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, then to England in 1943, where he was the chief clerk of a headquarters unit.
[2] After returning home from the war, earned a master's degree in education and two more children were born.
[1] Jennings was interested in American historiography and the influence of ideology in the case of Francis Parkman.