Edwin Adams Davis
Edwin Adams Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 10, 1904 |
| Died | April 24, 1994 (aged 89) [data missing] |
| Alma mater | Kansas State Teachers College University of Iowa Louisiana State University |
| Occupation(s) | Historian Professor at Louisiana State University |
| Spouse | La Verna Mae Rowe Davis |
| Children | Edwin Adams Davis Jr |
| Parent(s) | Frank Byrd and Willie Belle Greever Davis |
| President of the Louisiana Historical Association | |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Trist Urquhart |
Edwin Adams Davis (May 10, 1904 – April 24, 1994) was an American historian who specialized in studies of his adopted state of Louisiana. A long-time professor at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, he was particularly known for two textbooks, Louisiana: A Narrative History and Louisiana: The Pelican State, the latter for middle schools and coauthored with Joe Gray Taylor of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana .