Background
Hall, Claude Hampton was born on September 29, 1922 in Proffit, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Montgomery and Josephine (Rodes) Hall.
Hall, Claude Hampton was born on September 29, 1922 in Proffit, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Montgomery and Josephine (Rodes) Hall.
Bachelor, University Virginia, 1947. Master of Arts, University Virginia, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, University Virginia, 1954.
Assistant reference librarian University Virginia, 1947-1951. Instructor history Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, 1951-1955, assistant professor, 1955-1959, associate professor, 1959-1964, professor, from 1964. Visiting associate professor University Virginia, 1960-1961, University Missouri, 1964.
Served with United States Army, 1942-1945. Member American Association of University Professors, American Civil Liberties Union, American History Association, Southern History Association, Virginia History Society, Organization American Historians, Texas State History Association (H. Bailey Carroll award 1968), East Texas History Association (president 1977), Society Historians American Foreign Relations, Society Historians Early American Republican, Phi Kappa Phi (past chapter president).
Married Mary Inez Wingfield, August 19, 1951. Children– Claude Hampton, David Bruce.