Albert Howe Lybyer
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Albert Howe Lybyer was a scholar of the history of the Middle East
History of the Middle East
This article is a general overview of the history of the Middle East. For more detailed information, see articles on the histories of individual countries and regions...

 and the Balkans
History of the Balkans
The Balkans is an area of southeastern Europe situated at a major crossroads between mainland Europe and the Near East. The distinct identity and fragmentation of the Balkans owes much to its common and often violent history and to its very mountainous geography.-Neolithic:Archaeologists have...

. Lybyer taught medieval and modern European history at Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...

 from 1909 to 1913, and also held teaching positions at Robert College of Istanbul (1900-1906), Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 (1907-1909) and the University of Illinois (1913-1944). He served as a technical advisor to the King–Crane Commission in 1919.

The book "The Government of the Ottoman Empire in the Time of Suleiman the Magnificent" was his most influential work.
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