Violet Barbour
American historian (1884–1968)
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Violet Barbour (July 5, 1884 Cincinnati, Ohio – August 31, 1968) was an American historian.
Violet Barbour | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 5, 1884 |
| Died | August 31, 1968 (aged 84) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Cornell University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Historian |
| Institutions | Vassar College |
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
