Background
Lanning, John Tate was born on September 13, 1902 in Linwood, North Carolina, United States. Son of Baxter Franklin and Carrie Aletha (Smith) Lanning.
Lanning, John Tate was born on September 13, 1902 in Linwood, North Carolina, United States. Son of Baxter Franklin and Carrie Aletha (Smith) Lanning.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Duke, 1924. A.M., University of California, 1925, Doctor of Philosophy, 1928.
Teaching fellow University of California, 1924-1926. Research, British Museum, public record office, archives of the Indies, archives of Simancas, national history archives of Madrid, 1926-1927. Instructor history Duke, Durham, North Carolina, 1927-1934, assistant professor, 1934-1936, associate professor, 1936-1942, professor, 1942-1976, James B. Duke professor of history.
Lecturer seminar conference on Latin American, George Washington University, 1935. Trumbull lecturer Yale, 1943. Associate managing The Hispanic American History Review, 1935-1939, managing editor, 1939-1945.
Latin-American exchange fellow of Guggenheim Foundation, 1930-1931. Lecturer National University of Chile, National University of Córdoba, Argentine, 1931.
Member Sociedad de Geografia e Historia de Guatemala. Member American Hist. Member com; member nominating com.
Married Elizabeth Baxter Williams, June 4, 1932. Children: John Tate, Lucy Hampton, Thomas Pinckney.