Roland G. Usher (historian)

Roland G. Usher (3 May 1880 in Lynn, Massachusetts – 21 March 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri was a professor of history active in the twentieth century. He had gained his doctorate and been appointed Instructor in History at Washington University by 1910. By 1915, Usher was appointed Professor of History at Washington University.

Roland was named after his grandfather Roland G. Usher. His father was Edward Preston Usher and his mother, Adela Louise Payson. On 9 June 1910, he married Florence Wyman Richardson, with whom he had at least four children. Roland G. Usher, Junior was one of these sons, who was also a historian.