Charles Farwell Edson Jr.
American archaeologist and ancient historian
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- PhD Archaeology University of Chicago
- Masters Ancient History University of Chicago
- Bachelors Classics University of Chicago
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Charles Farwell Edson Jr. was an American scholar of Ancient History. Edson was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1905 as the son of poet and musician Charles Farwell Edson and social activist and feminist Katherine Philips Edson, and the great nephew of prominent Chicago businessman John V. Farwell and Senator Charles B. Farwell. Edson received the degree of A.B. in Classics from Stanford University in 1929 . He went on to earn his Ph.D. in History at Harvard University in 1939 with a dissertation entitled “Five Studies in Macedonian History" directed by Professor William Scott Ferguson . While a graduate student, Edson shared the driving with Alistair Cooke on a trip from the East Coast to Hollywood . During World War II, Edson served in the United States Army, eventually becoming an officer in the Office of Strategic Services. Edson taught for his entire career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he worked his way from Assistant Professor to Full Professor from 1938 to 1976 and was a very popular classroom instructor as well as successful graduate mentor.
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