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Davis (WILLIAM STEARNS an American)

WILLIAM STEARNS, an American author and university -professor, born at Amherst, Mass., in 1877 .

He graduated from Harvard in 1900 and took his doctor's degree in 1905. In 1907 he became associate professor of mediæval and modern history at Oberlin College, and in 1909 professor of history at the University of Minnesota. His writings include historical works and also some historical romances. Most impor- . Most impor tant of these are: "A Victor of Salamis " (1907); "The Influence of Wealth in Imperial Rome" (1910) "The Friar of Wittenberg" (1912) "A History of Mediæval and Modern Europe" (1914).