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Ward, Paul L., 1911-2005

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Personal name headingWard, Paul L., 1911-2005
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Birth date1911
Death date20051113
Field of activityHistory
AffiliationSarah Lawrence College
American Historical Association
Profession or occupationHistorian
Found inHis Studying history, c1985: t.p. (Paul L. Ward) prelim. leaf 1 (Ph.D., medieval history, Harvard Univ.)
LC data base, 7/17/85 (hdg.: Ward, Paul L.)
New York times WWW site, Nov. 18, 2005 (Paul Langdon Ward; b. 1911 to medical missionary parents in Diyarbakır, Turkey; d. last Sunday [Nov. 13, 2005], Gwynedd, Pa., aged 94; historian and former head of the American Historical Association who was president of Sarah Lawrence College in the 1960s)
Amherst Magazine website, viewed Feb. 19, 2013: obituary (Dr. Paul Langdon Ward ... In 1960 ... was elected President of Sarah Lawrence College ...stayed ... until 1965 when he [became] Executive Secretary of the American Historical Association. He retired in 1974 ... is the author of Studying History (AHA, 1985), and editor (with Charles H, McIlwain) of Archeion (Harvard, 1957) and William Lambarde's Notes on the Procedures and Privileges of the House of Commons (H.M. Stationery Office, 1977).)
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