Charles Homer Haskins, an American historian on the Middle Ages, an advisor to US President Woodrow Wilson, and a professor at Johns Hopkins (1889-1892), University of Wisconsin (1892-1902), and Harvard University (1902-1931). He was a leading medievalist of his generation and a prominent member of the group of Presidential advisers known as "The Inquiry," 1917. As delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, 1918-1919, Haskins advanced the solution eventually adopted for the Saar. President Woodrow Wilson took with him only 3 advisors to this Conference in 1919, one being Charles Haskins who served as chief of the Western European division of the American commission to negotiate peace. Haskins first met Woodrow Wilson at Johns Hopkins University.
Charles Haskins was born 21 Dec 1870 in Meadville, PA, the son of George and Rachel (McClintock) Haskins. He was a prodigy, fluent in Latin and Greek while still a young boy. Charles started at Allegheny College when he was 13, received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University when he was 17 and his PH.D from Johns Hopkins at the age of 20 (1890).
Princeton University Library holds many of Haskins' papers reflecting his academic career and government appointments. Included are correspondence files concerning his membership on and participation in the Edward M. House Commission to Prepare Data for the Peace Conference ("The Inquiry." 1917-1918), the Commission to Negotiate Peace (1918), and the Versailles Peace Conference (1919). Also present are articles, lectures, notes, and an extensive collection of printed matter relating to Haskins' studies in medieval history, including correspondence and related papers of the American Historical Association (President, 1922), the Medieval Academy of America (President, 1926-1927), and Harvard University lectures (1902-1931). In 1959, a new graduate residence hall at Harvard was named in his honor. Haskins' was considered one of Harvard University's great scholars in medieval history.
Excerpts from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Haskins, Charles Homer Haskins Papers-Princeton University Library, Gaylord Bros., Inc.
Charles Haskins was born 21 Dec 1870 in Meadville, PA, the son of George and Rachel (McClintock) Haskins. He was a prodigy, fluent in Latin and Greek while still a young boy. Charles started at Allegheny College when he was 13, received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University when he was 17 and his PH.D from Johns Hopkins at the age of 20 (1890).
Princeton University Library holds many of Haskins' papers reflecting his academic career and government appointments. Included are correspondence files concerning his membership on and participation in the Edward M. House Commission to Prepare Data for the Peace Conference ("The Inquiry." 1917-1918), the Commission to Negotiate Peace (1918), and the Versailles Peace Conference (1919). Also present are articles, lectures, notes, and an extensive collection of printed matter relating to Haskins' studies in medieval history, including correspondence and related papers of the American Historical Association (President, 1922), the Medieval Academy of America (President, 1926-1927), and Harvard University lectures (1902-1931). In 1959, a new graduate residence hall at Harvard was named in his honor. Haskins' was considered one of Harvard University's great scholars in medieval history.
Excerpts from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Haskins, Charles Homer Haskins Papers-Princeton University Library, Gaylord Bros., Inc.
Charles Homer Haskins, an American historian on the Middle Ages, an advisor to US President Woodrow Wilson, and a professor at Johns Hopkins (1889-1892), University of Wisconsin (1892-1902), and Harvard University (1902-1931). He was a leading medievalist of his generation and a prominent member of the group of Presidential advisers known as "The Inquiry," 1917. As delegate to the Paris Peace Conference, 1918-1919, Haskins advanced the solution eventually adopted for the Saar. President Woodrow Wilson took with him only 3 advisors to this Conference in 1919, one being Charles Haskins who served as chief of the Western European division of the American commission to negotiate peace. Haskins first met Woodrow Wilson at Johns Hopkins University.
Charles Haskins was born 21 Dec 1870 in Meadville, PA, the son of George and Rachel (McClintock) Haskins. He was a prodigy, fluent in Latin and Greek while still a young boy. Charles started at Allegheny College when he was 13, received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University when he was 17 and his PH.D from Johns Hopkins at the age of 20 (1890).
Princeton University Library holds many of Haskins' papers reflecting his academic career and government appointments. Included are correspondence files concerning his membership on and participation in the Edward M. House Commission to Prepare Data for the Peace Conference ("The Inquiry." 1917-1918), the Commission to Negotiate Peace (1918), and the Versailles Peace Conference (1919). Also present are articles, lectures, notes, and an extensive collection of printed matter relating to Haskins' studies in medieval history, including correspondence and related papers of the American Historical Association (President, 1922), the Medieval Academy of America (President, 1926-1927), and Harvard University lectures (1902-1931). In 1959, a new graduate residence hall at Harvard was named in his honor. Haskins' was considered one of Harvard University's great scholars in medieval history.
Excerpts from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Haskins, Charles Homer Haskins Papers-Princeton University Library, Gaylord Bros., Inc.
Charles Haskins was born 21 Dec 1870 in Meadville, PA, the son of George and Rachel (McClintock) Haskins. He was a prodigy, fluent in Latin and Greek while still a young boy. Charles started at Allegheny College when he was 13, received his undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University when he was 17 and his PH.D from Johns Hopkins at the age of 20 (1890).
Princeton University Library holds many of Haskins' papers reflecting his academic career and government appointments. Included are correspondence files concerning his membership on and participation in the Edward M. House Commission to Prepare Data for the Peace Conference ("The Inquiry." 1917-1918), the Commission to Negotiate Peace (1918), and the Versailles Peace Conference (1919). Also present are articles, lectures, notes, and an extensive collection of printed matter relating to Haskins' studies in medieval history, including correspondence and related papers of the American Historical Association (President, 1922), the Medieval Academy of America (President, 1926-1927), and Harvard University lectures (1902-1931). In 1959, a new graduate residence hall at Harvard was named in his honor. Haskins' was considered one of Harvard University's great scholars in medieval history.
Excerpts from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles Haskins, Charles Homer Haskins Papers-Princeton University Library, Gaylord Bros., Inc.
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CHARLES HOMER HASKINS
BORN MEADVILLE PENNSYLVANIA, DECEMBER 21, 1870
DIED CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 14, 1937
SON OF GEORGE W HASKINS AND RACHEL A McCLINTOCK
OFFICER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR, FRANCE
COMMANDER, ORDER OF THE CROWN OF BELGIUM
FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUT DE FRANCE
CORRESPONDING FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY.
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