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.