Warren Ault | |
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Born | Warren Ortman Ault January 8, 1887 |
Died | May 14, 1989 | (aged 102)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Baker University Jesus College, Oxford Yale University |
Occupation | Historian |
Warren Ortman Ault (January 8, 1887 – May 14, 1989) [1] was an American historian, who taught at Boston University from 1913 to 1957.
Ault graduated from Baker University in 1907, before studying at Jesus College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. While a student at Baker, he was a member of the local Zeta Chi fraternity. [2] He then obtained a doctorate from Yale University in 1919, having served as a second lieutenant in the artillery in the First World War. He taught history at Boston University from 1913 to 1957, becoming William Edwards Huntington professor. [3] He became an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1971. [4] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1941. [5]
Warren Ault | |
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Born | Warren Ortman Ault January 8, 1887 |
Died | May 14, 1989 | (aged 102)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Baker University Jesus College, Oxford Yale University |
Occupation | Historian |
Warren Ortman Ault (January 8, 1887 – May 14, 1989) [1] was an American historian, who taught at Boston University from 1913 to 1957.
Ault graduated from Baker University in 1907, before studying at Jesus College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. While a student at Baker, he was a member of the local Zeta Chi fraternity. [2] He then obtained a doctorate from Yale University in 1919, having served as a second lieutenant in the artillery in the First World War. He taught history at Boston University from 1913 to 1957, becoming William Edwards Huntington professor. [3] He became an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1971. [4] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1941. [5]