Crane Brinton (1898-1968) was an American historian of France who taught as a professor at Harvard University from 1942 until his death. Before securing a position as a professor at Harvard, Brinton studied there as a student and received a Rhodes Scholarship allowing him to attend Oxford University, where he received his doctorate in philosophy (1923). Brinton’s most famed work was his The Anatomy of Revolution (1938). During his lifetime he served as the president of both the American Historical Association and the Society for French Historical Studies.
