Violet Barbour
American historian (1884–1968)
Violet Barbour | |
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Born | (1884-07-05)July 5, 1884 Cincinnati, Ohio |
Died | August 31, 1968(1968-08-31) (aged 84) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Historian |
Institutions | Vassar College |
Violet Barbour (July 5, 1884 Cincinnati, Ohio – August 31, 1968) was an American historian.
Education
She graduated from Cornell University with a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D.
Career
Beginning in 1914, she taught at Vassar College as a professor of English and European history.[1]
Awards
- 1925 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1913 Herbert Baxter Prize by the American Historical Association
Selected works
- Privateers and pirates of the West Indies, Cornell University, 1909
- Capitalism in Amsterdam in the Seventeenth Century, University of Michigan Press, 1950
- Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, Secretary of State to Charles II, American Historical Association, 1915
References
- ^ "Violet Barbour - Vassar College Encyclopedia - Vassar College". vcencyclopedia.vassar.edu.
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