William B. Willcox
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William Bradford Willcox was an American historian
. He received his B.A. from Cornell University
in 1928, a B.F.A. from Yale University
in 1932, and his Ph.D. in 1936 from Yale, where he won the John Addison Porter
Prize for best work of scholarship in a given year.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
. He received his B.A. from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1928, a B.F.A. from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1932, and his Ph.D. in 1936 from Yale, where he won the John Addison Porter
John Addison Porter
John Addison Porter was an American Professor of Chemistry. He was born in Catskill, New York and died in New Haven, Connecticut...
Prize for best work of scholarship in a given year.
Works
- Gloucestershire, a study in local government, 1590-1640, Yale University Press, 1940 (reprint READ BOOKS, 2007 ISBN 9781406771428)