13 Facts About Ephraim Emerton

Ephraim Emerton was an American educator, author, translator, and historian prominent in his field of European medieval history.

Ephraim Emerton was born in Salem, Massachusetts, to James and Martha West Emerton.

At the age of twenty, Emerton graduated from Harvard College.

Ephraim Emerton continued his postgraduate education in Germany and received his doctorate from the University of Leipzig in 1876.

Ephraim Emerton served at first as an instructor in both History and German language.

Ephraim Emerton eventually became Harvard's foremost professor of Ecclesiastical History, and served on the faculty for forty-two years.

In 1884, Ephraim Emerton became one of the founders of the oldest and largest historians' society in the United States, the American Historical Association.

Ephraim Emerton retired from teaching on September 1,1918 and he was granted the title of professor emeritus.

Ephraim Emerton remained active with academic groups and, in 1921, he accepted the position of president of the Cambridge Historical Society.

Ephraim Emerton died at his home in Cambridge on March 3,1935 at the age of eighty-four.

Ephraim Emerton frequently contributed to larger works, writing articles for books, journals, and even the New York Evening Post.

Ephraim Emerton was an authoritative contributor to the New International Encyclopedia, and provided the full entries for Erasmus and the papacy.

Professor Ephraim Emerton's texts were standard reading within the American educational system for decades after their publication.