Robert Matteson Johnston
Robert Matteson Johnston (1867–1920) was an American historian and an important scholar of military history.
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| Born | April 11, 1867 Paris, France |
| Died | January 28, 1920 (aged 52) Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Occupation | Historian |
Biography
Robert Matteson Johnston was born in Paris on April 11, 1867.[1][2] He was educated at Eton College and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[1] He taught at Harvard University and Mount Holyoke College, and was a founding member of the faculty at Simmons University.[3] In 1917, he was appointed Chief of the Historical Section of the General Staff in the field with the rank of major in the United States Army.[1]
He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 28, 1920.[2]
Scholarship
- The Roman Theocracy and the Republic, 1846–49 (1901)
- Napoleon: A Short Biography (1904)
- The Napoleonic Empire in Southern Italy and the Rise of the Secret Societies, 2 vols. (London: Macmillan, 1904). Vol. 1 Vol. 2
- The Memoirs of Malakoff (1907)
- American Soldiers (1907)
- The French Revolution (1909)
- The Corsican (1910)
- The Holy Christian Church (1912)
- Mémoire de Marie Caroline, reine de Naples (1912)
- Bull Run (1913)
- First Reflections on the Campaign of 1918 (1920) OCLC 1022272
References
- "Johnston, Robert Matteson (JHNN885RM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- "University Notes". The Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Vol. XXVIII. March 1920. p. 548. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Google Books.
- Simmons College (1906). Microcosm. Boston, Mass.
External links
- Works by Robert Matteson Johnston at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Robert Matteson Johnston at Internet Archive
- Works by Robert Matteson Johnston at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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