Background
Jordan, Wilbur K. was born on January 15, 1902 in Lynnville, Indiana, United States. Son of William and Emma (Shepard) Jordan.
Jordan, Wilbur K. was born on January 15, 1902 in Lynnville, Indiana, United States. Son of William and Emma (Shepard) Jordan.
Bachelor of Arts, Oakland City College, 1923, Doctor of Literature (honorary), 1960. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1926, Doctor of Philosophy 1931. Doctor of Humane Letters, Bates College, 1944.
Doctor of Laws, University Vermont, 1962.
Dartmouth College, 1965, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1967. Doctor of Letters, Oxford University, 1964.
Instructor history U. Missouri, 1924-1925. Instructor history and tutor history, government and economics, Harvard, 1931-1937. Professor of history, Scripps College, Claremont, California, 1937-1940, Claremont Colleges, 1937-1940.
Associate professor and professor, England History and general editor, University Press, University of Chicago, 1940-1943.
Professor of history, Harvard, 1946-1965, LeRoy B. Williams professor of history and political science, 1965-1972, professor emeritus, 1972-1980. President Radcliffe College, 1943-1960.
Sterling traveling fellow, Harvard, 1929-1930. Guggenheim fellow, 1943.
Fellow Royal History Society, British Academy (correspondent). Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, American History Association, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Vermont history societies.
Married Frances Ruml, April.