Claude Hall
| Claude Hampton Hall, Sr. | |
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Historian Claude H. Hall (1988)
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September 29, 1922 Proffit, Albermarle County Virginia, United States |
| Died | April 3, 2001 (aged 78) Bryan, Brazos County Texas, United States |
| Resting place | College Station Cemetery |
| Residence | Bryan, Texas |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Historian, Professor at Texas A&M University in College Station |
| Years active | 1951–1986 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Inez Wingfield Hall |
| Children |
Claude Hall, Jr. |
| Parent(s) | Robert Montgomery and Josephine Wood Hall |
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Hall's biography of Abel Parker Upshur is the definitive work on the former United States Secretary of State, who served only from July 24, 1843, to February 28, 1844, having been killed, along with five other persons, when a gun exploded during an official function aboard the steam warship USS Princeton.
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Claude Hall, Jr.
Claude Hampton Hall, Sr. (September 29, 1922 – April 3, 2001), was an historian of primarily American diplomacy who spent his entire academic career at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. In 1963, he published the definitive biography of former United States Secretary of State Abel Parker Upshur.
Hall was born to Robert Montgomery Hall (1896–1956), a Baptist minister and a barber, and the former Josephine Wood (1897–1991) in Proffit, an unincorporated community near Charlottesville in Albemarle County in north central Virginia. He graduated from public schools in 1939 and enrolled at the nearby University of Virginia. His education was interrupted from 1942–1945, when he fought in North Africa and Italy with the United States Army during World War II. After the war, he received his Bachelor of Arts (1947), Master of Arts (1949), and Ph.D. (1954), all from the University of Virginia.
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