Thompson, James Westfall, 1869-1941

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James Westfall Thompson, professor of medieval history at the University of California, was born in Iowa, attended Rutgers and graduated in 1892. He took his doctoral work at the University of Chicago, where he later became a full professor. He came to Berkeley as Sidney Hellman Ehrman professor of European history in 1932, and retired in 1939. He wrote The Living Past, Economic and Social History of the Latter Middle Ages, The Medieval Library, Feudal Germany, The Last Pagan, as well as various text books, and was also author of poems and plays.

From the guide to the James Westfall Thompson Papers, 1892-1943, (The Bancroft Library)

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associatedWith Cotton, Robert, Sir, 1571-1631. person
associatedWith France. Sovereign (1574-1589 : Henry III) corporateBody
associatedWith Goodspeed, Edgar J. (Edgar Johnson), 1871-1962. person
associatedWith Loeb, Hedwig. person
associatedWith Online Archive of California. corporateBody
correspondedWith Sarton, George, 1884-1956 person
associatedWith Stewart Memorial Library (Coe College) corporateBody
associatedWith University of California (1868-1952). Dept. of History. corporateBody
associatedWith University of California, 1868-1952. Dept. of History. corporateBody
associatedWith Van Tyne, Claude Halstead, 1869-1930 person
associatedWith Von Holst, H. (Hermann), 1841-1904. person
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Libraries
Religion and poetry
Religion in literature
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Birth 1869-06-03

Death 1941

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