Shepherd, William R. (William Robert), 1871-1934

Seth Low professor of history at Columbia University, 1926-1934.

From the description of Papers, [ca. 1867]-1936. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122575440

Author, historian, lecturer, and professor of history at Columbia University.

From the description of Papers of William R. Shepherd, 1912-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455351

Biographical Note

• 1871, June 12: Born, Charleston, S.C.
• 1893: A.B., Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1894: A.M., Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1896: Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1907: Published Guide to the Materials for the History of the United States in Spanish Archives. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington
• 1911: Published Historical Atlas. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
• 1926 - 1934 : Seth Low professor of history, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
• 1927: Roundtable leader, Williamstown (Massachusetts) Institute of Politics
• 1932: Visiting Carnegie professor, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
• 1934, June 7: Died, Berlin, Germany

From the guide to the William R. Shepherd Papers, 1554-1931, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)