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Frederic Chapin Lane
Frederic Chapin Lane (1900-1984) was a historian who specialized in Medieval history with a particular emphasis on region of Venice.
Born on November 23, 1900 in Lansing, Michigan...view moreFrederic Chapin Lane (1900-1984) was a historian who specialized in Medieval history with a particular emphasis on region of Venice.
Born on November 23, 1900 in Lansing, Michigan, the son of Alfred Church Lane and his wife Susanne Foster (Lauriat) Lane, he received his B.A. from Cornell University in 1921, his M.A. from Tufts College in 1922, and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1930. He began his graduate studies at the University of Bordeaux in 1923-1924, then studied at the University of Vienna in 1924, before going to Harvard University in 1925-1926. While a Harvard graduate student he was John Thornton Kirkland Fellow for Research in Italy in 1927-1928. He married Harriet Whitney Mirick in 1927 and the couple had three children.
He was appointed instructor in history at the University of Minnesota in 1926, before being hired at The Johns Hopkins University as an instructor. There, he served as an assistant professor from 1931-1935. Promoted to associate professor in 1936, and full professor in 1946, he retired in 1966 as professor emeritus.
Lane was president of the Society for Italian Historical Studies in 1961-1963, the American Historical Association in 1965, the Economic History Association 1956-1958, and president of the International Economic History Association, 1966-1968. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Medieval Academy of America. He was the recipient of the prestigious Galileo Galilei Prize of the Italian Rotary clubs, which is awarded to a foreign scholar whose work has furthered understanding and recognition of Italy.
He was the editor of the Journal of Economic History and published a number of books, including Andrea Barbarigo, Merchant of Venice, 1418-1449 (1944), Ships for Victory: A History of Shipbuilding under the U.S. Maritime Commission in World War II (1951), and Venice, A Maritime Republic (1973).
Lane died on October 14, 1984, aged 83.view less