Clarence Walworth Alvord (May 21, 1868 – January 27, 1928) was an

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history professor, and winner of the 1918

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for his book ''The Mississippi Valley in British Politics''. Alvord spent most of his career at the

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, where between 1897 and 1920 he worked his way up the academic ranks from prep school teacher to full professor of history. In 1926 he was the first non-British person to give the University of London's Creighton Lecture.

Sources

The State Historical Society of Missouri

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