The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Emerton, Ephraim

EMERTON, Bphraim, American historian: b. Salem, Mass., 18 Feb. 1851. He was graduated at Harvard 1871 and studied in Leipzig, becoming instructor in Harvard 1876, and professor of ecclesiastical history there 1882. His works include: &lsquo;Synopsis of History of Continental Europe&rsquo;; &lsquo;The Study of Church History&rsquo;; &lsquo;The Practical Method in Higher Historical Education&rsquo; (1885); &lsquo;An Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages&rsquo; (1888); &lsquo;Mediæval Europe&rsquo; (1894); &lsquo;Desiderius Erasmus&rsquo;; &lsquo;Heroes of the Reformation&rsquo;; &lsquo;Sir William Temple und die Tripleallianz vom Jahre, 1668&rsquo;; &lsquo;Unitarian Thought&rsquo; (1911).