Milo Milton Quaife (1880–1959) was a historian of Michigan and the

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region. Quaife was born in

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. He received his education at

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, the

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and the

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. He was head of the

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and later secretary-editor at the

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's Burton Collection. He was also a lecturer at

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and the

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. He served as editor of the Lakeside Classics historical series from 1916 to 1957.

References

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