Background
Callcott, Wilfrid Hardy was born on November 12, 1895 in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. Son of George Hardy and Mary (Ireland) Callcott.
Callcott, Wilfrid Hardy was born on November 12, 1895 in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. Son of George Hardy and Mary (Ireland) Callcott.
Bachelor of Arts, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1919. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1920, Doctor of Philosophy, 1926. Doctor of Letters, Southwestern University, 1958.
Erskine College, 1964.
; 1 son, George Hardy. Married second, Rebecca Anderson, 1932. Children—Nancy Anderson, Frank Dobson, Thomas Anderson, Mary Ireland.
Instructor extension teaching, Columbia, 1921-1923.
Associate professor of history, University of Southern California, 1923-1929, professor of history, 1929-1969, dean Graduate School, 1944-1960, dean faculty, 1955-1960, dean university, 1960-1962. President Coker College, 1968-1969.
Visiting professor of history, Duke University, 1935-1936, University Texas, 1962-1963. Professor, Duke U. University of North Carolina, and University of Texas.
Albert Shaw lecturer on diplomatic history, Johns Hopkins University, 1942.
Senior Fulbright lecturer Oxford University, 1963-1964.
Served in the United States Army Air Corps, 1917-1919. Secretary Conference Deans of Southern Graduate Schools, 1948-1953, president, 1954-1955. Member graduate commission Board Control for Southern Regional Education, 1949-1951.
Member executive, administrative committees, Southern.
Fellowship Fund.; Member American, Southern and South Carolina. history associations, American Academy Political Social Science, Phi Beta Kappa. Club: Kosmos.
Married Grace Otter, 1925 (deceased. Married second, Rebecca Anderson, 1932. Children: Nancy Anderson, Frank Dobson, Thomas Anderson, Mary Ireland.