Background
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson was born on February 6, 1879 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Christian and Frances Thomas (Leftwich) Wertenbaker.
Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson was born on February 6, 1879 in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Christian and Frances Thomas (Leftwich) Wertenbaker.
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, University Virginia, 1902, Doctor of Philosophy, 1910. L.H. Doctorate., Lehigh University, 1939. Doctor of Letters, William and Mary College, 1941, Princeton, 1956.
Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1944.
1 son, Thomas Jefferson. Editor, Baltimore News, 1905-1906. Associate professor of history and economics A. and M. College Texas, 1907-1909.
Instructor American history, University of Virginia, 1909-1910.
With Princeton, since 1910, successively instructor American history, assistant professor, associate professor, and 1925-1947, Edwards professor American history, also department chairman, 1928-1938. Visiting professor, University of Göttingen, 1931, Ehrenbürger, 1931, U. Delaware, 1952, Emory University, 1953.
John Hay Whitney professor Hampden-Sydney College, 1957-1958. Charter associate National Council Historic Sites and buildings, National Committee on Folk Arts in the United States Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth professor American History, Oxford 1939-1940, 44-45.
Page-Barbour lecturer, University of Virginia, 1937.
Anson G. Phelps lecturer, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 1942. Visiting professor America Institut, U. Munich, 1950-1951. Thomas Jefferson Research.
Member Council Institute Early American History and Culture, 1945-1953, chairman, 1945-1948. Member American History Association (president 1947), Massachusetts, New Jersey history societies, Southern History Association, American Philosophy Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Psi.
Awarded Medal for Service in Cause of Freedom.
Married Sarah Rossetter Marshall, July 10, 1916.