Augustus Norton (other)
Augustus Norton may refer to: * Augustus Richard Norton (1946–2019), American professor of international relations and anthropology * Augustus Theodore Norton (1808–1884), American minister and author * William Augustus Norton {{infobox person , name = William A. Norton , image = William A Norton portrait.jpg , alt = , caption = Portrait of Norton at Yale College , birth_name = William Augustus Norton , birth_date = , birth ...

Augustus Richard Norton
Augustus Richard Norton (September 2, 1946 – February 20, 2019) was an American professor and army officer. He was a professor of international relations and anthropology at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He was best known for his writing on Middle East politics, and as an occasional commentator on U.S. policy in the Middle East. Background Norton was born in New York City, New York in Brooklyn. He was a graduate of the University of Miami. After being commissioned from the ranks in 1967, Norton served two combat tours in Vietnam as an airborne infantry officer. In 1980-81, he served as an unarmed United Nations observer with UNTSO in southern Lebanon. Norton received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1984. Academic Career In 1981, he joined the faculty of West Point, where he became a professor of political science. He also taught West Point's only anthropology course. He retired in 1993 with the rank of colonel to join the faculty ...
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Augustus Theodore Norton
Augustus Theodore Norton (March 28, 1808 – April 29, 1884) was an American minister and author. Norton, only son of Theodore and Mary (Judd) Norton, was born in Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ..., Conn., March 28, 1808. He graduated from Yale College in 1832. After graduation, he was principal for two years of the academy in Catskill (town), New York, Catskill, N. Y., at the same time reading theology with the Rev. Thomas M. Smith. On April 1, 1835, he was ordained pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Windham (town), New York, Windham, Greene County, New York, Greene County, N Y ; but his strong preference of the West as a field of labor led him to resign this pastorate after a few months, and remove to Illinois. He arrived at Naples, Illinois, Naples, i ...
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