Wilfred Harold Munro
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Wilfred Harold Munro was an American
historian
, brother of Dana C. Munro
. He was born at Bristol, R. I.
, and educated at Brown
(A.B., 1870; A.M., 1873). He studied in Europe
at Heidelberg and Freiburg
. He served at various schools in the United States
and in Central
and South America
, and at Brown
(1891–1911). Professor Munro edited Works of W. H. Prescott (twenty-two volumes, 1905–06) and Record Book of the Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants (1911).
Munro died in Providence, Rhode Island
in 1934.
He was the author of:
United States
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historian
Historian
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, brother of Dana C. Munro
Dana Carleton Munro
Dana Carleton Munro, L.H.D. was an American historian, brother of Wilfred Harold Munro, born at Bristol, R.I. He was educated at Brown and in Europe at Strassburg and Freiburg. He taught at Penn , at Wisconsin until 1915, then at Princeton. Brown gave him the degree of L.H.D. in 1912...
. He was born at Bristol, R. I.
Bristol, Rhode Island
Bristol is a town in and the historic county seat of Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 22,954 at the 2010 census. Bristol, a deepwater seaport, is named after Bristol, England....
, and educated at Brown
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
(A.B., 1870; A.M., 1873). He studied in Europe
Europe
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at Heidelberg and Freiburg
University of Freiburg
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. He served at various schools in the United States
United States
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and in Central
Central America
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and South America
South America
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, and at Brown
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
(1891–1911). Professor Munro edited Works of W. H. Prescott (twenty-two volumes, 1905–06) and Record Book of the Rhode Island Society of Mayflower Descendants (1911).
Munro died in Providence, Rhode Island
Providence, Rhode Island
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in 1934.
He was the author of:
- The History of Bristol, R. I. (1880)
- Picturesque Rhode Island (1881)
- The Most Successful American Privateer (1913)
- Some Legends of Mount Hope (1915)
- Tales of an Old Sea Port, a General Sketch of Bristol, Rhode Island (1917)