Clayton Ray Roberts Jr.

Background

Clayton was born on November 10, 1923, in Changsha, China, into the family of Ray Clayton and Eva (Rewalt) Roberts.

Education

Following high school graduation, he received degrees from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington; the University of Washington in Seattle; and his Doctorate Degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Career

Ray spent his whole working career at Ohio State University from 1952 until retirement in 1991. He took the positions of ordinary instructor, then became assistant professor, associate professor, and finally was appointed Professor of English History in 1966. Moreover, he was the president of the Columbus Figure Skating Club. He was also a trail captain of the Bruce Trail Conservancy in Canada.

Clayton wrote a textbook on English history and three books on the political history in 17th century England. Ray also wrote a book entitled “The Logic of Historical Development.” He was also a contributor to scholarly journals, including Albion, Historical Journal, Journal of British Studies, Journal of Modern History, English Historical Review, and American Historical Review.

Achievements

• Clayton Roberts Jr. was highly famous as the author of books "The Growth of Responsible Government in Stuart England", "A History of England", and "The Logic of Historical Explanation."

Works

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• book

  • A History of England, Volume 2: 1688 to the present
  • A History of England, Volume 1: Prehistory to 1714 2013
  • A History of England, Volume 2: 1688 to the present 2013
  • The Logic of Historical Explanation (Science and Philosophy in the) 1995
  • A Dissertation on Prophecy, Wherein the Cohærence and Connexion of the Prophecies in Both the Old and New Testament Are Fully Considered; Together John. by Robert, Lord Bishop of Clogher
  • An Impartial Enquiry Into the Time of the Coming of the Messiah: In a Second Letter from Robert, Lord Bishop of Clogher, to an Eminent Jew

Views

For Clayton, rationality was the highest goal. He taught his students and his children to reason from evidence.

Membership

• president of Midwestern Conference

  North American Conference on British Studies

  1984

• American Historical Association

• Samuel Johnson Society

• fellow

  Royal Historical Society

• Ohio Academy of History

Personality

Clayton was remembered as a kind man who was interested in learning all of his life.

Interests

• hiking, wind surfing

• Writers

  C.H. Firth. G.M. Trevelyan, S.R. Gardiner, Wallace Notestein, Conyers Read, and David Harris Wilson

• Sport & Clubs

  tennis, ice dancing

Connections

On on August 23, 1952 Ray married Margaret Anne Vail, with whom he had four children: Holloway Roberts Selling, Robert Geoffrey Donjacour, Cathy Denshaw, and David Dylan.

Father:

Ray Clayton Roberts

Mother:

Eva (Rewalt) Roberts

Spouse:

Margaret Anne Vail

Daughter:

Holloway Roberts Selling

Son:

Robert Geoffrey Donjacour

Daughter:

Cathy Denshaw

Son:

David Dylan