Lynn Townsend White

Background

White,, Lynn Townsend was born on April 29, 1907 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Lynn Townsend and Mary Ann (Tarrant) White.

Education

Bachelor, Stanford University, 2028. Master of Arts, Union Theological Seminary, 2029. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1930.

Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1934. Doctor of Laws, MacMurray College, 1946. Doctor of Laws, Lake Erie College, 1957.

Doctor of Laws, Mills. College, 1958; Doctor of Laws, Rutgers University, 1979. Doctor of Letters, Northwestern University, 1983.

Career

Instructor history Princeton University, 1933—1937. Assistant professor Stanford University, 1937—1940, professor, 1940—1943. President Mills College, 1943—1958.

Professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1958—1972, university professor history, 1972—1974, emeritus professor, since 1974. Director Center Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 1964—1970. Senior visiting fellow Society Humanities Cornell University, 1968—1969, Southeastern Institute Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1969.

With Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1965.

Works

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  • The Transformation of the Roman World: Gibbon's Problem After Two Centuries.

Membership

Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Mediaeval Academy America, Royal Society Arts. Member: Society Medieval Archaelogy, Society History Discoveries, Medieval Association of Pacific, Society History Technology, Academy International d'Histoire des Sciences, California History Society, History Science Society, American History Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Maude Catherine McArthur, September 10, 1940. Children: Lynn Townsend III, Catherine McArthur, Ethel Ferguson, Mary Tarrant.

Father:

Lynn Townsend White

Mother:

Mary Ann (Tarrant) White

Spouse:

Maude Catherine McArthur

child:

Ethel Ferguson White,

child:

Mary Tarrant White,

child:

Lynn Townsend III White,

child:

Catherine McArthur White,