William Scott Ferguson


William Scott Ferguson was a Canadian-American classical scholar.

Biography

William Scott Ferguson was born in Marshfield, [Prince Edward Island] on November 11, 1875, the son of Senator Donald Ferguson.
He was McLean Professor of [Ancient and Modern History] at Harvard University from 1929 to 1945. He was elected to the American [Academy of Arts and Sciences] in 1921. He was president of the American Historical Association in 1939. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1937.
He died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 28, 1954.