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Robert Matteson Johnston

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Robert Matteson Johnston
Born(1867-04-11)April 11, 1867
Paris, France
DiedJanuary 28, 1920(1920-01-28) (aged 52)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Education
OccupationHistorian

Robert Matteson Johnston (1867–1920) was an American historian and an important scholar of military history.

Biography

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Johnston, Robert Matteson (JHNN885RM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ a b "University Notes". The Harvard Graduates' Magazine. Vol. XXVIII. March 1920. p. 548. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Simmons College (1906). Microcosm. Boston, Mass.
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