Background
David, Charles Wendell was born on March 20, 1885 in Onarga, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Alvira (Harper) David.
David, Charles Wendell was born on March 20, 1885 in Onarga, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles and Alvira (Harper) David.
Student Northwestern University, 1905-1908. Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford, England, 1911. Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1912.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1918. Doctor of Letters, University of Pennsylvania, 1955.
Teaching fellow, University of Wisconsin, 1911-1913. Instructor history, University of Washington, Seattle, 1915-1918. Associate professor European history, Bryn Mawr College, 1918-1927, professor, 1927-1940, Marjorie Walter Goodhart professor of history, 1940-1946.
Also professor of history and director of libraries, University of Pennsylvania, 1940-1955, emeritus, since 1955. Director Longwood Library, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 1955-1961, Eleutherian Mills History Library, Greenville, Dela., 1961. Assistant to president, director library development, Mystic Seaport, Connecticut, since 1962.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Union Library Catalogue of the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area, 1936-1940, and 1949-1958.
Member American History Association, Mediaeval Academy of America, American Association of Rhodes Scholars, American Library Association, Bibliography Society of America, Phi Delta Theta. Clubs: Franklin Inn, Philobiblon, Grolier. Rhodes Scholar, Oxford from Illinois, 1908-1911.
Married Mary Virginia Martin, September 11, 1918 (died 1936). Married second, Margaret Florence Simpson, May 27, 1939. Children: Charles Newbold, George Alfred Lawrence.