William B. Willcox

William B. Willcox
Born
William Bradford Willcox

(1907-10-29)October 29, 1907
DiedSeptember 15, 1985(1985-09-15) (aged 77)
OccupationProfessor of History
ParentWalter Francis Willcox[1]

William Bradford Willcox (October 29, 1907 – September 15, 1985) was an American historian.

He was born in Ithaca, New York. He died in North Haven, Connecticut.

Education: He received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1928 and studied at Cambridge University. At Yale University he studied architecture (B.F.A., 1932), and Tudor-Stuart English history (Ph.D.,1936). Wallace Notestein directed his dissertation, which was recognized as a pioneer study of government in Gloucestershire. The work received the distinguished John Addison Porter Prize for best work of scholarship in a given year.[2]

Academic, research, and administrative appointments: Assistant in Research (history), Yale University, 1934-1935. Instructor in history, Williams College, 1936-1941. Professor of history, University of Michigan, 1941-1970. Chair of the Department. A Member of the Institute for Advanced Studies, 1946. Fulbright lecturer at Oxford University, 1957-1958.[3] Professor of History, Yale University, January 1970-June 1976. Visiting Lecturer, Yale College (Residential Colleges), 1978 2nd term-1979. Yale residential college fellow, Calhoun College, 1970-1979. Editor, Papers of Benjamin Franklin, January 1970 – 1985.[4]

  1. ^ "Allanson W. Willcox". Ithaca Journal. 28 April 1978. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  2. ^ Historical Register of Yale University, 1701-1937 (New Haven: Yale University, 1939), pp. 125-127.
  3. ^ Willcox, Portrait of a General. Author's profile on dust jacket.
  4. ^ Yale University Manuscripts & Archives, Historical Register Online 12/3/2013.