CHARLES HOMER HASKINS


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Charles Homer Haskins

There is, however, much to be said for the division of this great area [the Ruhr valley], as at present, rather than its union under a single state which would have, in war and peace, a practical monopoly of iron and steel on the Continent.
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At the time France and Germany controlled different parts of the Ruhr Valley. Each believed that they should control it all and the other had no right to control any of it. This never did get settled and was one of the justifications Germany gave in WWII for invading the area. Haskins was one of only three assistants who were part of Woodrow Wilson’s team that negotiated the Treaty of Versailles ending WWI.

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Charles Homer Haskins
  • Born: December 21, 1870
  • Died: May 14, 1937
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Charles Homer Haskins was a history professor at Harvard University. He was an American historian of the Middle Ages, and advisor to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. He is widely recognized as the first academic medieval historian in the United States.