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Wilson Lloyd Bevan

1866 – 1935

American historian

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Lived 1866 – 1935 (aged 68). Wilson Lloyd Bevan was an American historian.

Wilson Lloyd Bevan (June 17, 1866 – April 8, 1935) was an American historian.

Biography Wilson Lloyd Bevan was born June 17, 1866, in Baltimore County, Maryland. He was the son of George Frazier Bevan.

In 1886, Wilson Lloyd Bevan ("of Baltimore") was a "candidate for the degree of Bachelor of Arts" at Johns Hopkins University. He later obtained his degree of Master of Arts from Columbia University, New York City, and his PhD degree at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany).

He served as professor of history at Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee, and subsequently at Kenyon College, Ohio.

He was engaged in journalism and for many years he was the New York Churchman'''s Associate Editor.

In 1920, he started at the University of Delaware as associate professor of history.

In 1926, he was a minister. In that year he was mentioned as "The Rev. Wilson Lloyd Bevan, M.A., Columbia; S.T.B., General; Ph. D. Munich", Professor of Systematic Divinity and Acting Professor of Philosophy at the University of the South.

Wilson Lloyd Bevan married first to Mary Kaylett, then to Caroline Eckel about 1926. He died April 8, 1935. alt=Wikisource logoSir William Petty : A Study in English Economic Literature (published as a 'Publication of the American Economic Association', vol. IX, no. 4) 1913: The World's Leading Conquerors.'' New York : H. Holt. 1929: (4 vols.)

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American historian

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Wilson Lloyd Bevan was born on 17 June 1866 in Baltimore County.

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Wilson Lloyd Bevan died on 8 April 1935.

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Wilson Lloyd Bevan was a historian.

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Wilson Lloyd Bevan was American.

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