Background
Davis, Gerald Hinkle was born on September 21, 1930 in Waynesboro, Virginia, United States. Son of Bruce B. and Essie F. (Newman) Davis.
Davis, Gerald Hinkle was born on September 21, 1930 in Waynesboro, Virginia, United States. Son of Bruce B. and Essie F. (Newman) Davis.
Bachelor in History, Morris Harvey College, 1952. Postgraduate, University Vienna, Austria, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy in History, Vanderbilt University, 1958.
Certified, United States Military Academy, 1982.
Archives assistant United States National Archives, Washington, 1958. Overseas lecturer University Maryland, Atlantic/Europe, 1958-1960. Instructor Salisbury (Maryland) State Teachers College, 1960-1962.
Assistant professor to professor Georgia State University, Atlanta, since 1962. Visiting professor Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1966. Consultant American Bibliographic Center, Santa Barbara, California, 1967, 76, Choice: Books for College Libraries, since 1995.
Adjunct professor Atlanta University, 1970, Spelman College, 1991. Guest research professor University Freiburg, Germany, 1979-1980.
Vice-chair Georgia Endowment for the Humanities, Atlanta, 1982-1986. Member Association for Bibliography of History (executive secretary 1974-1986), Georgia Association Historians (president 1975-1976), Australian Defense Force Center Conference on Prisoner Of War History, American History Association, Fulbright Association.
Married Hilda Roguly Penney, 1973. Children: Michael, Patrick, Bruce, James.