William Osgood Aydelotte

Education

Harvard University; Smith College.

Career

Aydelotte was one of the first historians elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The New York Times called him "an authority on British history". The National Academies Press called him "A leading figure in the development of social science history in the United States".

Aydelotte served as the chairman of the University of Iowa history department.

Aydelotte was born in Bloomington, Indiana. He graduated from Harvard College in 1931, and a received doctoral degree from Cambridge University in 1934.

He was the chairman of the University of Iowa history department from 1947 to 1959 and from 1965 to 1968. He retired in 1978.

Works

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  • The History of Parliamentary Behavior.
  • Bismarck And British Colonial Policy: The Problem Of South West Africa, 1883-1885
  • Quantification in history (Addison-Wesley series in history)
  • Bismarck and British Colonial Policy: Problem of South West Africa, 1883-85
  • Bismarck and British colonial policy;: The problem of South West Africa, 1883-1885
  • The History of Parliamentary Behaviour
  • BISMARCK AND BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY: THE PROBLEM OF SOUTH WEST AFRICA, 1883-1885 By Aydelotte, William Osgood ( Author) 2011 Hardcover
  • Bismarck and British Colonial Policy: The Problem of South West Africa, 1883-1885
  • Bismarck and British Colonial Policy. The Problem of South West Africa 1883 - 1885.
  • The History of Parliamentary Behavior (Quantitative Studies in History) by William O. Aydelotte (2015-03-08)

Membership

National Academy of Sciences.

Connections

Father:

Frank Aydelotte

Mother:

Marie Jeannette (Osgood) Aydelotte

Spouse:

Myrtle Elizabeth Kitchell

child:

Marie Elizabeth Aydelotte

child:

Jeannette Farley Aydelotte