William B. Willcox, Date of Birth, Date of Death

William B. Willcox

American historian

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1907

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1985

Profession: historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

William Bradford Willcox (October 29, 1907 – September 15, 1985) was an American historian. He was born in Ithaca, New York.
He died in North Haven, Connecticut. Education: He received his B.A.
from Cornell University in 1928 and studied at Cambridge University.
At Yale University he studied architecture (B.F.A., 1932), and Tudor-Stuart English history (Ph.D.,1936).
Wallace Notestein directed his dissertation, which was recognized as a pioneer study of government in Gloucestershire.
The work received the distinguished John Addison Porter Prize for best work of scholarship in a given year.Academic, research, and administrative appointments: Assistant in Research (history), Yale University, 1934-1935.
Instructor in history, Williams College, 1936-1941.
Professor of history, University of Michigan, 1941-1970.
Chair of the Department.
A Member of the Institute for Advanced Studies, 1946.
Fulbright lecturer at Oxford University, 1957-1958.
Professor of History, Yale University, January 1970-June 1976.
Visiting Lecturer, Yale College (Residential Colleges), 1978 2nd term-1979.
Yale residential college fellow, Calhoun College, 1970-1979.
Editor, Papers of Benjamin Franklin, January 1970 – 1985.