Background
Wilson, Arthur Mccandless was born on July 29, 1902 in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. Son of Arthur McCandless and Clara (Zollinger) Wilson.
Wilson, Arthur Mccandless was born on July 29, 1902 in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. Son of Arthur McCandless and Clara (Zollinger) Wilson.
Bachelor of Arts, Yankton (South Dakot) College, 1922, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1942. Bachelor of Arts (Rhodes scholar), University of Oxford (England), 1926, Bachelor of Letters, 1927, Master of Arts, 1931. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1930, Doctor of Philosophy, 1933.
Master of Arts (honorary), Dartmouth, 1940, Doctor of Letters (honorary), 1973.
Teacher, Canova (South Dakot) High School, 1922-1923, Chippewa Falls (Wisconsin) High School, 1923-1924. Instructor history Grinnell College, 1927-1929. Assistant, instructor and tutor, department history Harvard, 1929-1933.
Instructor department biography Dartmouth, 1933-1935, assistant professor, 1936-1940, professor biography, 1940-1967, Daniel Webster professor, 1964-1967, emeritus, 1967-1979, department chairman biography, 1942-1947, 1951-1955, also professor government, 1944-1967, co-director Great Issues course, 1946-1948.
Visiting professor of history Columbia, New York City, 1967-1969, University Seminar associate, 1969-1979. Visiting professor government Dartmouth, 1976-1977.
Instructor history U. Washington, summer 1931. Assistant professor of history U. Missouri, summer 1937.
Professor biography University Iowa, summer 1948.
Fulbright visiting professor Kings College U. England, 1956. With Office of Strategic Services, Washington, 1943-1945. Consultant United States Air Force Academy Planning Board, 1949.
Member steering committee Anglo-American History Conference, London, 1956-1959.
Fellow Royal History Society, American Academy Arts Sciences. Member Modern Language Association American, Modern Humanities Research Association (British), Society French History Studies, American History Association (Herbert Baxter Adams prize 1938, 58), American Political Science Association, Association Internationale des Etudes Francaises, A.A.U.P., Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Julia Mary Tolford, June 13, 1927.