William Urban

William Urban
Born1939 (age 84–85)
NationalityAmerican
Known forResearch in Baltic Crusades
AwardsHarry E. Pratt Memorial Prize for the best article on Illinois History in 1997, The Illinois Historical Society, Dec. 4, 1998. Vitols Award for the best article of 1998 in the Journal of Baltic Studies (2000).
Academic work
InstitutionsMonmouth College
University of Kansas

William Urban is an American historian specializing in the Baltic Crusades and Teutonic knights. He is the Lee L. Morgan Professor of History and International studies at Monmouth College. He served as an editor for the Journal of Baltic Studies from 1990 to 1994.[1][2]

He is the author of two books and numerous articles in academic journals.[1]

Prior to beginning his teaching career at Monmouth College in 1966, he taught as an assistant professor at the University of Kansas 1965–1966.

  1. ^ a b "William Urban". Crusades-Encyclopedia. 23 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
  2. ^ "William L. Urban". department.monm.edu. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2017.