Robert G. Albion
Robert Greenhalgh Albion | |
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Mystic Seaport photo, by Mary Anne Stets | |
| Born | August 15, 1896 Malden, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 9, 1983 (aged 86) Groton, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Bowdoin College (AB) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
| Spouse | Jennie Barnes Pope (deceased in 1975) |
| Awards | Presidential Medal for Merit Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by Bowdoin College |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Oceanic History |
| Institutions | Princeton University, Department of the Navy, Harvard University, University of Maine |
| Thesis | Forests and Sea Power: The Timber Problem of the Royal Navy (1926) |
| Doctoral advisor | Wilbur Cortez Abbott |
| Doctoral students | John Curtis Perry |
Robert Greenhalgh Albion (August 15, 1896 in Malden, Massachusetts – August 9, 1983 in Groton, Connecticut) was Harvard's first professor of Oceanic History and inspired two generations of maritime historians in the United States.