August Charles Krey (June 29, 1887 – July 28, 1961) was an American

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. He was chairman of the Department of History at the

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from 1944 to 1955.

Biography

Born in Germany, he immigrated to Wisconsin with his family as a child. He earned all his degrees from the

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between 1907 and 1914. He taught at the University of Texas (1910) and at the

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(1912). In 1913, he joined the

, where he spent the rest of his career, heading the Department of History from 1944 until his retirement in 1955. He was a member of the council of the

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and a member of the

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. Krey took a leading role in the definition of the social studies program in US schools, first as chairman of the American Historical Association's Committee on History in the Schools (1925-1929) and later as chairman of the Commission on the Social Studies in the Schools (1929-1934). He was married with two children.

Bibliography

Krey coauthored with Emily Atwater Babcock the translation of William of Tyre's chronicle published in 1943 under the title ''A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea''. Some of his notable books are as follows. * ''The First Crusade: The Accounts of Eyewitnesses and ParticipantsKrey, A. C. (August Charles). (1921)
The first crusade: the accounts of eye-witnesses and participants
Princeton: Princeton University Press.'' * ''History and the Social Web: A Collection of Essays '' * ''Parallel Source Problems in Medieval History '' * ''German War Practices: Treatment of Civilians ''

References

American medievalists University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni University of Minnesota faculty University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty University of Texas faculty 1887 births 1961 deaths Historians from Minnesota Historians from Wisconsin Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States {{US-historian-stub