Isaac Joslin Cox,

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(1873–1956) was an American professor of history. Isaac Joslin Cox

He was born at West Creek, Ocean Co., N. J. He graduated from

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and for several years did research in

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. He then pursued postgraduate studies at the universities of

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, Wisconsin, and

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. Between 1896 and 1906, Cox was employed at the San Antonio Academy as instructor and vice-principal, and instructor in history at the University of Cincinnati, where he was afterward assistant professor. In 1911-12, he delivered the Albert Shaw Lectures on Diplomatic History at

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, and in 1919 became professor of history at Northwestern University. He was president of the Ohio Valley Historical Association.

Works

* ''The Journeys of La Salle and his Companions'' (two volumes, 1905) * ''The Early Exploration of Louisiana'' (1906) * ''The Indian as a Diplomatic Factor in the History of the Old Northwest'' (1910) * ''West Florida Controversy, 1798-1813; A Study In American Diplomacy.'' (1918) * ''Nicaragua and the United States, 1909-1927 '' (1927)

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* * * — author information, in the alphabetical list of contributors printed at the end of Volume 29. 1873 births 1956 deaths American historians Dartmouth College alumni University of Cincinnati faculty Northwestern University faculty American expatriates in Mexico University of Texas at Austin alumni University of Chicago alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni {{US-historian-stub