Greenfield, Kent Roberts, 1893-1967

Biographical Note: Kent Roberts Greenfield was professor of history at The Johns Hopkins University and chief architect of the official U.S. Army history of World War II.

He was born in Chestertown, MD in 1893, attended Western Maryland College, and received his Ph. D. from Hopkins in 1915. He taught at Delaware College and Yale University before returning to Hopkins as professor of modern European history in 1930. He was a leading authority in the field of Italian history, especially the Risorgimento. Greenfield served as assistant to the Historical Officer in the Army Ground Forces, 1942-1946, and was later named to the position of Chief Historian of the Dept. of the Army in 1946. He directed the writings of the 80 volume history of World War II. Greenfield died on July 25, 1967.

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