Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-1980
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Born in 1906 in Halls, Tennessee; educated at Asbury College (Kentucky), the University of Kentucky, and Yale University (Ph.D.); professor of history at Asbury College, the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of Mississippi, Louisiana State University, and Emory University; author of significant historical works primarily on the South and the Confederacy; died in 1980.
From the description of Typescript of Southern Negroes, 1861-1865, 1933. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 37778986
Historian.
From the description of Reminiscences of Bell Irvin Wiley : oral history, 1965. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513057
Bell Irvin Wiley (1906-1980), born in Hall, Tennessee, married Mary Frances Harrison in 1938; they had two sons. In 1949 Wiley was appointed professor of history at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he remained until retirement in 1974. He was particularly interested in the Civil War and published widely in that area.
From the description of Bell Irvin Wiley papers, 1928-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863223
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