White, Lynn Townsend, 1907-1987

Lynn Townsend White, Jr. was born in San Francisco, CA, Apr. 29, 1907; BA, Stanford Univ. (1928), MA, Union Theological Seminary (1929), Harvard Univ. (1930), Ph. D, Harvard Univ. (1934); history instructor, Princeton Univ. (1933-37); asst. professor (1937-40) and professor (1940-43) of history at Stanford Univ.; President, Mills College (1943-58); professor of history, Univ. of CA, Los Angeles (1958-72); Director of the Univ. of CA, Los Angeles Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (1964-70); recipient of numerous honorary degrees, awards and decorations; various publications include: Educating our daughters : a challenge to the colleges (1950), Frontiers of knowledge in the study of man (1956), Medieval technology and social change (1962), Medieval religion and technology (1978).

From the description of Papers, 1937-1985. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 41571397

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