Edward Kennard Rand

E. K. Rand
Born(1871-12-20)December 20, 1871
DiedOctober 28, 1945(1945-10-28) (aged 73)
Spouse
Belle Brent Palmer
(m. 1901)
Awards Legion of Honour
Order of the Crown of Italy
Academic background
EducationHarvard University
University of Chicago
University of Munich
ThesisDer dem Boethius zugeschriebene Traktat de fide catholica (1901)
Doctoral advisorLudwig Traube
Influences
Academic work
DisciplineMedieval studies
Institutions
Notable works
  • Founders of the Middle Ages (1928)
  • The Building of Eternal Rome (1943)
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Edward Kennard Rand FBA (December 20, 1871 – October 28, 1945), known widely as E.K. Rand or to his peers as EKR,[1][2] was an American classical scholar and medievalist. He served as the Pope Professor of Latin at Harvard University from 1901 until 1942, during which period he was also the Sather Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, for two terms. Rand is best known for his 1928 work, Founders of the Middle Ages.[3][4]

Rand founded the Mediaeval Academy of America, its journal Speculum, and, in addition, served as the president of the American Philological Association (now the Society for Classical Studies) and the Classical Association of New England. At the end of his career, he was a senior fellow at Dumbarton Oaks.

  1. ^ Stocker 1983, p. 89.
  2. ^ Stocker 1996, p. 55.
  3. ^ Peebles 1946, p. 167.
  4. ^ Bowman 1995, p. 597.