Clarence Walworth Alvord

Clarence Walworth Alvord
Born(1868-05-21)May 21, 1868
Greenfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedJanuary 24, 1928(1928-01-24) (aged 59)
Diano Marina, Liguria, Italy
OccupationHistory professor
AwardsLoubat Prize (1918)

Clarence Walworth Alvord (May 21, 1868 in Greenfield, Massachusetts[1] – January 24, 1928) was an American historian who was professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was an influential figure in the early years of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association (today known as the Organization of American Historians).[2]

He was winner of the 1918 Loubat Prize for his book The Mississippi Valley in British Politics. He is known for his historical research of the American frontier.[3] Alvord spent most of his career at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where between 1897 and 1920 he worked his way up the academic ranks from prep school teacher to full professor of history.[3]

Alvord was born in Massachusetts on May 21, 1868.[4] He graduated from Williams College in 1891.[4] He studied history at Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin from 1893 to 1895 and at the University of Chicago in 1896.[4] He received his PhD in 1908 from the University of Illinois.[3]

He taught in the Preparatory School of the University of Illinois from 1897-1901. He joined the faculty in 1901, first as instructor from 1901 to 1906; as associate from 1906 to 1907; as assistant professor from 1907 to 1909; as associate professor from 1909 to 1913; and as professor from 1913-1920.[3]

In 1926 he was the first non-British person to give the University of London's Creighton Lecture.

After years of illness, he died in Diano Marina, near Genoa in Italy on January 24, 1928.[3]

He married twice and had one daughter.[3]

References

  1. ↑ ALVORD, Clarence Walworth, in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 163; via archive.org
  2. ↑ Aeschbacher, William D. (1967). "The Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1907-1965". The Journal of American History. 54 (2): 339–353. doi:10.2307/1894810. ISSN 0021-8723.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Clarence Walworth Alvord 1868-1928". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 20 (4): 628–631. 1928. ISSN 0019-2287. JSTOR 40187169.
  4. 1 2 3 Buck, Solon J. (1928). "Clarence Walworth Alvord, Historian". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 15 (3): 309–320. doi:10.2307/1892432. ISSN 0161-391X. JSTOR 1892432.

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