Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941

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Name (Latin)
Ford, Worthington Chauncey, 1858-1941
Date of birth
1858-02-15
Date of death
1941-03-07
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
History--Study and teaching
Statistics--Study and teaching
Occupation
College teachers
Book editors
Statisticians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 121625216
Wikidata: Q8037241
Library of congress: n 50024841
Sources of Information
  • Adams, John Quincy. Writings of John Quincy Adams, 1913-1917:title page (edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford)
  • Who was who in America, 1897-1942(Ford, Worthington Chauncey; editor; born Brooklyn, Feb. 16, 1858; educated at Brooklyn Poly. Inst. and Columbia University; Chief of Bureau of Statistics, Department of State, 1885-1889; of Bureau of Statistics, Treasury Dept., 1893-1898; connected with Boston Public Library, 1897-1902; chief div. of manuscripts, Library of Congress, 1902-1909; editor, Mass. Historical Society, 1909-1929; dir. European mission of Library of Congress, 1929-1935; lecturer on statistics, University of Chicago, 1901, on hist. manuscripts, Harvard, 1901-1929, on history, University of Michigan, 1921-1926; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; home: Cambridge, Mass.; died March 7, 1941)
  • Boston. Public Library.Historical manuscripts ... 1900-04.