Ben Hamill Procter (February 21, 1927 – April 17, 2012) was a
historian who served from 1957 to 2000 on the faculty of
Texas Christian University in
Fort Worth
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,
Texas.
A native of
Temple, Texas, Procter moved with his family to
Austin
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, where he graduated from
Stephen F. Austin High School. He obtained
Bachelor of Arts and master's degrees from the
University of Texas at Austin. He then received a second master's degree and his
Ph.D. from
Harvard University in
Cambridge,
Massachusetts. He served in the
United States Navy during the last months of
World War II.
[ From 1979 to 1980, Procter was the president of the Texas State Historical Association. Before he became a history professor, he played football briefly with the ]Los Angeles Rams
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until his athletic focus was halted by an injury.
Procter held the Cecil and Ida Green Emeritus
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chair in the TCU History Department. He received the Summerfield R. Roberts Award for best book contribution to Texas history. He was a Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation fellow, honored for teaching and research. He was a biographer of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst and U.S. Senator
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The composition and powe ...
John Henninger Reagan.
Selected publications
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* (with a foreword by J. Frank Dobie
James Frank Dobie (September 26, 1888 – September 18, 1964) was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for his many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas during the days of the open rang ...
)
** Scribner published ''A Texas Ranger'' by Napoleon Augustus Jennings (1856–1919) in 1899. Jennings was married to the singer Edith Helena
Edith Helena (1876–1956) was an American singer of the Vaudeville era, although she also sang in opera as well.
She was born in New York City
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.
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* (4th edition, 2003)
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*p. 132
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References
External links
Wake Forest University speaking engagement
by Ben H. Procter
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2012 deaths
1927 births
People from Temple, Texas
Los Angeles Rams players
University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni
Harvard University alumni
Texas Christian University faculty
People from Fort Worth, Texas
Historians of the United States
Texas Democrats
United States Navy personnel of World War II
Neurological disease deaths in Texas
Deaths from Parkinson's disease
Historians from Texas