Albert M. Craig

Albert Morton Craig (December 9, 1927 – December 1, 2021) was an American academic, historian, author and professor emeritus in the Department of History at Harvard University.

Early life As a youth in Chicago, Craig was an Eagle Scout, and also participated in both competitive swimming and judo. A more scholarly interest in Japan was piqued after the Second World War. While doing counterintelligence work for the United States Army in 1946 and 1947, he was stationed in Miyazaki and in Kyoto. and as Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute (1976–1987).

Chōshū in the Meiji Restoration (1961) Personality in Japanese History (1971), with Donald Shively The Heritage of Japanese Civilization (2003) The Heritage of Chinese Civilization (2001) The Heritage of World Civilizations (2005) Civilization and Enlightenment: The Early Thought of Fukuzawa Yukichi (2009)

Honors Guggenheim Fellowship Fulbright Fellowship Japan Foundation Fellowship Order of the Rising Sun, 1988 At ages 80 and 85, Craig set world masters records for those age groups in the 200 meter breaststroke.