Background
Olson, Robert William was born on December 14, 1940 in Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States. Son of Percy Bennett and Constance Jesse (Stewart) Olson.
Middle Eastern history educator
Olson, Robert William was born on December 14, 1940 in Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States. Son of Percy Bennett and Constance Jesse (Stewart) Olson.
Bachelor, University Bemidji, 1962. Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1973.
Teacher, Hibbing (Minnesota) High School, 1962-1963; lecturer, Clemson (South Carolina.) U., 1972-1973; from assistant to associate professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1973-1986; professor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1986.
(Robert Olson's The Siege of Mosul and Ottoman-Persian Rel...)
(First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)
Married Judith Lenore Peterson, January 31, 1970. Children: Rebecca Anna, Amanda Stewart.