Wesley, Charles H. 1891-1987

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Wesley, Charles H. 1891-1987
Other forms of name
Wesley, Charles, 1891-1987
Date of birth
1891-12-02
Date of death
1987-08-16
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Clergy
College presidents
College teachers
Historians
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 7413033
Wikidata: Q5078669
Library of congress: n 50003883
HAI10: 000295931
Sources of Information
  • African American National Biography, accessed September 6, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Wesley, Charles Harris; historian, educator, minister, administrator; born 02 December 1891 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States; graduated from Fisk University, Nashville (1911); master's degree in History and Economics, Yale University; PhD in History, Harvard University (1925); instructor of history and modern languages, professor, chair of the history department, director of the summer school, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, dean of the graduate school, Howard University; presided over all the AME churches in Washington, D.C. (1918-1938); published the first edition of the history of Alpha Phi Alpha (1929); fraternity's general president (1932-1940); president of Wilberforce University (1942); president of Central State University (1947-1965); executive director of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH); president of ASNLH (1950-1965); died 16 August 1987 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
  • The collapse of the confederacy ... 1922.
  • His The collapse of the confederacy ... 1922.
  • NUCMC data from Fisk Univ. Libr. for Haynes, G.E. Papers, 1909-22(Charles Wesley; Charles H. Wesley)
  • Washington Post, 8/22/87(Charles H. Wesley, 95, black history scholar, d. 8/16/87, former dean of the graduate school of Howard Univ., former president of Wilberforce and Central State universities in Ohio)