Roland G. Usher (historian)

Roland G. Usher (3 May 1880 in Lynn, Massachusetts – 21 March 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri was a professor of history active in the twentieth century. He had gained his doctorate and been appointed Instructor in History at Washington University by 1910.^[1] By 1915, Usher was appointed Professor of History at Washington University.^[2]

Roland was named after his grandfather Roland G. Usher. His father was Edward Preston Usher and his mother, Adela Louise Payson. On 9 June 1910, he married Florence Wyman Richardson, with whom he had at least four children.^[3] Roland G. Usher, Junior was one of these sons, who was also a historian.^[4]

Selected publications

• 1905 The Presbyterian movement in the reign of Queen Elizabeth as illustrated by the Minute book of the Dedham classis, 1582-1589
• 1913 Pan-Germanism
• 1914 Pan-Germanism, from its inception to the outbreak of the war, a critical study
• 1943 The Civil Administration of the British Navy During the American Revolution

In addition to his academic publications he also contributed to The Atlantic^[5]

References

1. Meyer, A. O. (1911). "The Reconstruction of the English Church. by Roland G. Usher, Ph.D., Instructor in History, Washington University. In two volumes. (New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1910. Pp. ix, 423; vi, 426.)". The American Historical Review. 16 (4): 808–810. doi:10.1086/ahr/16.4.808.
2. Usher, Roland G. (Roland Greene) (1916). The challenge of the future; a study in American foreign policy. Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin company.
3. "Roland Greene Usher". ancestors.familysearch.org. Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
4. "Roland Usher Obituary (2007) - Indianapolis, IN - The Indianapolis Star". Legacy.com. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
5. "Roland G. Usher". The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group. Retrieved 21 July 2023.