Warren Ault

Warren Ault (1886 or 1887 – 14 May 1989) was an American historian, who taught at Boston University from 1913 to 1957.

Life

Ault was born in Lenexa, Kansas and graduated from Baker University in 1907, before studying at Jesus College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He then obtained a doctorate from Yale University in 1919, having served as a second lieutenant in the artillery in the First World War. He taught history at Boston University from 1913 to 1957, becoming William Edwards Huntington professor. [cite journal|journal=Speculum | title=Memoirs of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America: Warren O. Ault | volume=65 | issue = 3 | month = July | year = 1990 | page=815| publisher=Medieval Academy of America | url=http://www.jstor.org/pss/2864141 | accessdate=2008-10-02] He became an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford in 1971. [cite news|title=University News|work=The Times|date=26 June 1971|page=12]

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