Dana Carleton Munro
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Dana Carleton Munro, L.H.D. (June 7, 1866 – January 13, 1933) was an American
historian
, brother of Wilfred Harold Munro
, born at Bristol, R.I.
He was educated at Brown
(A.M., 1890) and in Europe
at Strassburg
and Freiburg
. He taught at Penn
(1893-1902), at Wisconsin
until 1915, then at Princeton
. Brown
gave him the degree of L.H.D. in 1912. He edited Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of History (1894-1902). He was co-author of Mediœval Civilization (1904, 1906) and Essays on the Crusades (1902), and he wrote:
United States
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historian
Historian
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, brother of Wilfred Harold Munro
Wilfred Harold Munro
Wilfred Harold Munro was an American historian, brother of Dana C. Munro. He was born at Bristol, R. I., and educated at Brown . He studied in Europe at Heidelberg and Freiburg. He served at various schools in the United States and in Central and South America, and at Brown . Professor Munro...
, born at Bristol, R.I.
Bristol, Rhode Island
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He was educated at Brown
Brown University
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(A.M., 1890) and in Europe
Europe
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at Strassburg
University of Strasbourg
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and Freiburg
University of Freiburg
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. He taught at Penn
University of Pennsylvania
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(1893-1902), at Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison
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until 1915, then at Princeton
Princeton University
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. Brown
Brown University
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gave him the degree of L.H.D. in 1912. He edited Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of History (1894-1902). He was co-author of Mediœval Civilization (1904, 1906) and Essays on the Crusades (1902), and he wrote:
- A Syllabus of Mediœval History (seventh edition, 1913)
- A History of the Middle Ages (1902)
- A Source Book of Roman History (1904)
- The Kingdom of The Crusaders (1935)