Robert Matteson Johnston (1867–1920) was an American historian and an important scholar of military history.
Robert Matteson Johnston | |
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Born | Paris, France | April 11, 1867
Died | January 28, 1920 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States | (aged 52)
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Occupation | Historian |
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]