Crane Brinton

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Brinton, Clarence Crane (1898 - 7 September 1968)

Brinton was born in Winsted, Connecticut, but grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1915 he entered Harvard, won a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford, and in 1923 earned his D. Phil. degree there, after which he taught at Harvard.

He was President of the American Historical Association as well as of the Society for French Historical Studies, for he spoke French fluently.

During World War II, he was Chief of Research and Analysis in London in the Office of Strategic Services. Also, he was Fire Marshal for St. Paul's Cathedral in London, which withstood the Blitz with minor damages. After the war, he was commended by the United States Army for "Conspicuous Contribution to the Liberation of France" and was Chairman of the Society of Fellows at Harvard in the late 1940s.

In 1968, Brinton testified at the Fulbright Senate hearings on the Vietnam war as to the nature of the Vietnamese opposition.

Brinton wrote The Anatomy of Revolution (1938, revised 1965), The Portable Age of Reason Reader (1956), and History of Western Morals (1959).

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