Ephraim Emerton
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Early life and educationEphraim Emerton was born in naturalist and arachnologist.[2]
At the age of twenty, Emerton graduated from University of Leipzig in 1876.[3] Returning to Massachusetts the following year, he married Sybil M. Clark of Cambridge and accepted a teaching position at Harvard.[3]
Academic careerEmerton served at first as an instructor in both chair as Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History,[4] the first such professorship bestowed by the Winn financial endowment.[5]
In 1884, Emerton became one of the founders of the oldest and largest historians' society in the United States, the American Historical Association.[3] Throughout his life he was active in numerous academic organizations including the New England History Teachers' Association, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Essex Institute and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences of which he was a Fellow.[4] Emerton retired from teaching on September 1, 1918 and he was granted the title of professor emeritus.[4] In his retirement he continued his historical research and translation work.[1] He remained active with academic groups and, in 1921, he accepted the position of president of the Cambridge Historical Society.[3] He died at his home in Cambridge on March 3, 1935 at the age of eighty-four.[1] WorksThe Dutch theologian Reformation. Published as a standalone book in 1899, it is regarded by scholars as his greatest historical work.[1]
Emerton frequently contributed to larger works, writing articles for books, journals, and even the Emerton also authored several widely read textbooks for high school and college students, including Mediaeval Europe, 814–1300 and An Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages (375-814), which were highly acclaimed by his contemporaries.[1] Professor Emerton's texts were standard reading within the American educational system for decades after their publication.[7] A facility for languages never left Emerton, and the translation of medieval German and Latin texts to contemporary English language was his special occupation. One of his most enduring efforts is a translation of the letters of Saint Boniface, the last work published before his death.[1] Emerton's body of work includes: Books
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