Elmore Harris Harbison (1907–1964) was an American historian and scholar on the topic of

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and history. He was the

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Professor of History at

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and a trustee of the

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Personal life

E. Harris Harbison was born to Ralph Warner Harbison and Helen Mary Harris (the daughter of

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of Toronto, Ontario) in 1907 in

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. He married Janet German in 1937 and had a son, John Harris Harbison, a distinguished composer, and two daughters, Helen and Margaret. Helen was once engaged to Iranian-American scholar

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Academic Study

Harbison received his bachelor's in history from Princeton University in 1928 and was the valedictorian of his class. He continued on to

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and in 1938 earned his doctorate for his dissertation ''Rival Ambassadors in the Court of Queen Mary''. The dissertation later won an

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from the

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. He joined Princeton as a faculty member in 1933 and became a trustee of the Princeton Theological Seminary in 1951. He served on several committees and boards dedicated to religious scholarly study A national teaching award is named in his honor.

Publications

Books

* ''Rival Ambassadors at the Court of Queen Mary'' (1940) * ''The Age of Reformation'' (1955) * ''The Christian Scholar in the Age of Reformation'' (1956) * ''Christianity and History'' (1964)

Articles

* "The Meaning of History and the Writing of History." ''Church History''. 2.21 (1952): 97-107

References

External links

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