William Watson Davis
William Watson Davis (February 12, 1884 - April 5, 1960) was a professor and author in the United States. He was part of the white supremacist
Jim Crow
era.
Davis was born in Pensacola, Florida to Mathew L. Davis and Annie Laurie Lane Davis. He married Roxana Henderson in 1915 and they had one child, Edward Lane Davis.
Davis studied at
Alabama Polytechnic Institute;, and Columbia University (Ph.D. 1913.). He was a professor of history at the University of Kansas
from 1912 until 1954.
His book on Reconstruction era Florida, based on his Phd thesis was reissued as part of a series celebrating Florida's quadracenntennial featuring the governor and cabinet on the opening pages. Other books in the series included Fletcher M. Green wrote a lengthy introduction to the quadracentenbial edition covering Watson's life, publishings, and criticisms of the Dunning School.[1]
Bibliography
- Ante-Bellum Southern Commercial Conventions, Montgomery, Alabama, 1905
- The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida. Columbia University Press, New York, 1913[2]
References
- Green, Fletcher M. (1964). The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida Press. p. 1.
- doi:10.1086/252340.
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