Avery Odelle Craven
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Avery O. Craven earned his B.A. from Simpson College in 1908, his M.A. from Harvard University in 1914, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1923. Craven taught at Simpson College, Michigan State University, and the University of Illinois before joining the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1927. He served as president of the Organization of Southern Historians in 1952, as president of the Mississippi Valley Historical Society and of the Organization of American Historians in 1963–1964.
