Blake, Robert Pierpont‏ (1886-1950).‏

Robert Pierpont Blake (1886-1950), historian and librarian, was an Instructor in History (1920-1923), Tutor (1920), Assistant Professor of History (1923-1928), Associate Professor of History (1928), Professor of History (1930) at Harvard, and also served as Director of the Harvard University Library (1928-1937). While at Harvard, Blake taught the Georgian and Armenian languages, courses on the economic development of the ancient and medieval Mediterranean world, and on the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. In 1925, Blake gave a series of Lowell Lectures.

From the description of Lowell lectures delivered by Robert P. Blake, 1925. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 754372474

Blake earned his Harvard AM in 1909 and his Harvard PhD in 1916. Blake taught history and served as librarian at Harvard.

From the description of The conception of sin in the Oresteia : Classical Philology 23, [1908-1909] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77074869

American historian; resident in Russia and Georgia, 1916-1920.

From the description of Robert Pierpont Blake papers, 1911-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123429905

Blake taught history and served as librarian at Harvard.

From the description of Papers of Robert P. Blake, 1920-1952 (inclusive) (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972978

Biographical/Historical Note

American historian; resident in Russia and Georgia, 1916-1920.

From the guide to the Robert Pierpont Blake papers, 1911-1948, (Hoover Institution Archives)